Filesystem Hierarchy Standard

3.4 /etc : Host-specific system configuration

/etc contains configuration files and directories that are specific to the current system.

No binaries should be located under /etc.

/etc
X11
opt
Host-specific system configuration
Configuration for the X Window System
Configuration for /opt

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The following section is intended partly to illuminate the description of the contents of /etc with a number of examples; it is definitely not an exhaustive list.

Required files for /etc:

Notes:

The setup of command scripts invoked at boot time may resemble System V or BSD models. Further specification in this area may be added to a future version of this standard.

Systems that use the shadow password suite will have additional configuration files in /etc (/etc/shadow and others) and programs in /usr/sbin (useradd, usermod, and others).


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