> How weird. In effect, /etc IS /etc/conf.d.... :)
>
> No. BUT: pid files should get the hell out of /etc, /etc/mtab should go
> to /var/run, anything dynamic out. Subdirs for different systems
> (networking, mail, whadevva)
>
> I don't mind much, but I dislike having to rewrite so many programs to
> mount / read-only. (The way it should be on a secure site.)
>
> /etc/vga, /etc/dos, /etc/X11... A lot of intelligent distributions
> allready MAKE a new dir in /etc.
Please move this discussion to linux-fsstnd@uscd.edu where it belongs.
For your info, /etc/*.pid live in /var/run
-- Darren J Moffat