Michael Lachmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Problem: > The directory /usr/etc has been removed. There should be a central > place to store system-wide configuration files. Some files in /etc may > be host specific (/etc/X11/XFConfig ), others might be system-wide, > like /etc/profile. The reason for implementing /etc is to have > configuration files in a central place. The same reasoning should also > say that there be a place for system-wide configuration files. > This problem comes up when /usr is remotely mounted, then the process > of distributing just the non-host-specific, system-wide configuration > files is very difficult. > I assume that the assumption is that distribution-specific > configuration files will be stored in their respective /usr/lib > subdirectories. This stilll leaves no place for site specific, > system-wide configuartion files. > > > Action: > find a place to store system-wide configuration files, for example > under a /etc/usr hierarchy
Do you mean "site-wide" when you say "system-wide"? I'll assume so. Configuration files go in one place: /etc. If you need to *physically* place them somewhere else (a site-wide location, for example), then the answer is to employ symbolic links from /etc to whereever the site chooses to place the files. - Dan
