Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 17:28:05 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: Andrzej Cuber <poczta@andrzejcuber.pl> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: a place for configuration files Message-ID: <20060323012805.GB23902@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <4421F47F.3050104@andrzejcuber.pl> References: <4421F47F.3050104@andrzejcuber.pl>
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On Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 02:06:07AM +0100, Andrzej Cuber wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > for the last 5 years I was using Red Hat and Fedora Core Linuxes. > With the beginning of the current year I installed FreeBSD Release 6 on one > of my servers. > It took me about a week to setup the system but I am very happy with it now. > > I build most of the stuff from the sources using ports. > What I found strange is that the configuration files of different services > are located in two different places. Most configuration which was installed > from the CD is located at /etc but everything what I built from sources is > located at /usr/local/etc. Maybe this is the way it use to be on Unix > based systems. I think having a /usr/local/etc is "new" (past decade maybe), but the /usr/local directory paradigm is a Berkeley thing. It probably began with the 4.X distribution; I began using Unix with V6 and there was no "local" directory. > > In RedHat and Fedora distributions all configuration files are located at > /etc. > I am very new to FreeBSD but I found it difficult. After installing desired > package I have to add it to /etc/rc.conf in order to start it as a service > and then I have to look for configuration folder in /usr/local/etc. > > Is there any reason why the configuration files are placed in those > different locations? I'd guess just custom/habit/the-way-it's-always-been-done. It makes sense to me to have the etc directories at least symlinked. Or the option-of having it. BUT .... gary > > -- > pozdrawiam / best regards > Andrzej Cuber > +48 504 271-977 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix
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