Well I have no idea why .*rc files are used. But I know they're basically "personal config" files. /etc is basically full of config files and information files. There are some scripts in there to start services. Things like /etc/modules.conf are really just informational config files. You can edit that yourself, but for the most part, Linux is what makes changes to that. But there are still things like /etc/sendmail.cf, or /etc/hosts, /etc/bashrc. If you go into /etc/init.d you will find the scripts that are used to restart services. Like /etc/init.d/network, sshd, http, postfix and more. You can do a ls in /etc/init.d to see everything in there. .*rc files that are in $HOME, are used to over ride the default *rc files. If you check, there's already a /etc/bashrc, and more. Those are looked at as soon as you get a prompt, or as soon as you run an app. Those are the defaults. Now you can edit those, but if you have several users on that one machine, they may like/want the changes you made to the config file. So you make changes to the $HOME/.bashrc instead of /etc/bashrc. The $HOME/.bashrc and files of that nature are copied into the home directories when the user is created. Those files are copied directly from /etc/skel. On FreeBSD, it will actually ask you if you would like the skel files to be copied, and you can say yay, or nay. In Linux, it does it with out asking. I'm not sure if the person that posted this message to start out with will see this, but I hope this answers somebody's questions. tdh -- T. Holmes ----------------- UNIXTECHS.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------- "Real Men Use Vi!" Uptime: -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2:04pm up 15 days, 19:49, 9 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 -------------------------------------------------------------------- | (I'm reposting this because it never got answered and I had flagged it | because I was waiting to hear a response. Thanks to anyone who can help. | | - Isaac) | | Hello! | | In my system, I see .bashrc, .dosemurc, .kderc, /etc/bashrc, /etc/inputrc, | /etc/rc.d etc. etc. etc. | | 1. What does "rc" stand for, as opposed to "conf"? | | 2. I read that /etc is for "miscellaneous files"...isn't it *only* for | configuration files? | | 3. Global user settings are stored in /etc, while personal ones are | stored as | /home/username/.somethingrc, right? | | Any help is appreciated! | | Thanks, | George | ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | ------------------------------------------------------------------
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