Configuration Files

$HOME

-This is where users keep their personal files

/etc 

- Usually contain the configuration files for all the programs that run on your Linux/Unix system.

   

  /etc/crontab 

-Unix Cron is a daemon ('service') that runs in the background and runs the commands specified in the crontab file at the intervals specified within. This allows someone to easily run a program or script every hour, day, week, etc.

  

/etc/cups

- Contain printing system

/etc/default

- contains some parameters that the end user or administrator is likely to change, rather than embedding the values in the actual boot scripts

 

/etc/init.d

- The init.d directory contains a number of start/stop scripts for various services on your system.

 

/etc/mail

-  configuration file of mail

 

/etc/pcmcia

- All the PCMCIA configuration stuff resides in

/etc.ppp

-content all configuration files about point to point protocol

/etc/skel

- Holds example dot files used populate a new user’s home directory

/etc/sysconfig

- Is where many of the files that control the system configuration are stored.