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"Nearly all configuration files are in one of two places" That's entirely incorrect. There are many, many programs out there that do not follow the convention.
by WayneDB 15y ago
"Nearly all configuration files are in one of two places"
That's entirely incorrect. There are many, many programs out there that do not follow the convention.
- keeperofdakeys 15y agoI can think of no system services that don't use /etc. As for user programs, the only real things that I can think of breaking this convention are small projects that store their configuration files with the binary; usually small programs that run from their own directory. Would you care to elaborate on where these other programs choose to store their configuration?
- ams6110 15y agoNot unusual for third party software to have configuration files elsewhere though. You see this a lot with "Enterprise" java stuff, typically config files in XML scattered around the installation directory.