On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Yasha Karant <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Is there a single list of the various "stock" configuration files and
> directories used by the various applications that come with EL?  For
> example, printing configuration is in /etc/cups/*, and there are many other
> examples.

No, nad it's not really feasible due to programs doing fascinating
things like using hard-coded files in places like /var/lib/[package]
or /var/www/ or /usr/share which are hard-coded RPM files replaced
with each release, but which the packagers neglected to designate as
config files.

However, the File System Hierarchiy strongly suggests the use of
"/etc/" for almost all config files, and that's a good place to start
looking.

> At one time, this was not as needed as today -- there were far fewer
> applications, and most (all?) had configuration files that were in /etc .
> Many (most?) of such configuration files in the current epoch seem to be in
> some path from /etc, but it can be a bit of a hunt to find these files.
>
> Yasha Karant