On Sun, 6 Jul 2014, lee wrote:
Joe Zeff <joe(a)zeff.us> writes:
> On 07/06/2014 12:43 AM, lee wrote:
>> Not even the configuration files are where they belong.
>
> Actually, they're exactly where they belong. They just aren't where
> you expect them to be.
They belong under /etc, not hidden somewhere in /var.
Configuration files under /var ?
Wow.
From The LInux Doucmentation Project,
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Filesystem-Hierarchy/html/var.html :
1.18. /var
Contains *variable* data like system logging files, mail and printer spool directories,
and transient and temporary files.
*Emphasis* mine.
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