Preferences

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All CorneliOS system preferences are stored inside the /etc directory. Further application preferences may also be stored inside the /var directory. User specific settings are usually stored inside the /home/username/library/app directory.

/etc

/etc/backups.conf - cron daemon backup rules
/etc/crontab - cron daemon settings
/etc/debug.conf - enables the kernel debugger - don't use this on production systems!
/etc/default - directory containing default setup files
/etc/group - user groups
/etc/hosts - gateways to other servers
/etc/httpd.conf - website display settings (used by /cgi-bin/web.pl)
/etc/kernel.conf - kernel settings
/etc/loginmsg.txt - login message used by the terminal
/etc/mail - directory containing pop3 mailbox settings
/etc/network.conf - network settings
/etc/ntp.conf - network time server settings
/etc/passwd - user accounts
/etc/profile - user profiles
/etc/shadow - user passwords
/etc/skel - directory containing default user directory stuff
/etc/sql - directory containing database configurations
/etc/system.conf - global system settings

Users and groups

The following files contain all users und groups information, they are all structured in a UNIX-like way:

/etc/group
/etc/passwd
/etc/profile
/etc/shadow

Please note that you may also use the CorneliOS community features, which will store community users inside an SQL table. Community users don't have a fully featured CorneliOS account.

/var

/var/cios/example/... - contains settings for a CIOS app called "example"
/var/cios/example/config/some.conf - we recommend to put settings inside a directory called "config"

/home

/home/username/library/app/example.conf - user specific settings for a CORA/CorneliOS app called "example"

Preferences

/etc

/var

/home

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