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diff --git a/man/standard-conf.xml b/man/standard-conf.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 004f53f70c..0000000000 --- a/man/standard-conf.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,71 +0,0 @@ -<?xml version="1.0"?> <!--*- Mode: nxml; nxml-child-indent: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*--> -<!DOCTYPE refsection PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" - "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd"> - -<refsection> - <refsection id='confd'> - <title>Configuration Directories and Precedence</title> - - <para>Configuration files are read from directories in - <filename>/etc/</filename>, <filename>/run/</filename>, and - <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>, in order of precedence. - Each configuration file in these configuration directories shall be named in - the style of <filename><replaceable>filename</replaceable>.conf</filename>. - Files in <filename>/etc/</filename> override files with the same name in - <filename>/run/</filename> and <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>. Files in - <filename>/run/</filename> override files with the same name in - <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>.</para> - - <para>Packages should install their configuration files in - <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>. Files in <filename>/etc/</filename> are - reserved for the local administrator, who may use this logic to override the - configuration files installed by vendor packages. All configuration files - are sorted by their filename in lexicographic order, regardless of which of - the directories they reside in. If multiple files specify the same option, - the entry in the file with the lexicographically latest name will take - precedence. It is recommended to prefix all filenames with a two-digit number - and a dash, to simplify the ordering of the files.</para> - - <para>If the administrator wants to disable a configuration file supplied by - the vendor, the recommended way is to place a symlink to - <filename>/dev/null</filename> in the configuration directory in - <filename>/etc/</filename>, with the same filename as the vendor - configuration file.</para> - </refsection> - - <refsection id='main-conf'> - <title>Configuration Directories and Precedence</title> - - <para>Default configuration is defined during compilation, so a - configuration file is only needed when it is necessary to deviate - from those defaults. By default the configuration file in - <filename>/etc/systemd/</filename> contains commented out entries - showing the defaults as a guide to the administrator. This file - can be edited to create local overrides. - </para> - - <para>When packages need to customize the configuration, they can - install configuration snippets in - <filename>/usr/lib/systemd/*.conf.d/</filename>. Files in - <filename>/etc/</filename> are reserved for the local - administrator, who may use this logic to override the - configuration files installed by vendor packages. The main - configuration file is read before any of the configuration - directories, and has the lowest precedence; entries in a file in - any configuration directory override entries in the single - configuration file. Files in the - <filename>*.conf.d/</filename> configuration subdirectories - are sorted by their filename in lexicographic order, regardless of - which of the subdirectories they reside in. If multiple files - specify the same option, the entry in the file with the - lexicographically latest name takes precedence. It is recommended - to prefix all filenames in those subdirectories with a two-digit - number and a dash, to simplify the ordering of the files.</para> - - <para>To disable a configuration file supplied by the vendor, the - recommended way is to place a symlink to - <filename>/dev/null</filename> in the configuration directory in - <filename>/etc/</filename>, with the same filename as the vendor - configuration file.</para> - </refsection> -</refsection> |