[Freeipa-devel] naming for radius.conf?

[David O'Brien]

John Dennis wrote:
> David O'Brien wrote:
>> There's probably a good reason for this, but why is this file 
>> /etc/raddb/radiusd.conf and not /etc/radius/radiusd.conf ? I figure 
>> there is a db involved, etc., etc., but it didn't seem a very logical 
>> directory name. I ended up using locate to, er.., locate it.
>
> Because that is how upstream FREERadius names the directory which also 
> means that's the directory name RPM is going to create and install it 
> under when the rpm package is installed. We don't and can't rename 
> components belonging to package dependencies.
>
> FWIW, I'm not a fan of the name either, but it is what it is :-)
>
> P.S.: It does contain database files which is probably why it got it's 
> name and yes that means according to FHS and Fedora packaging 
> guidelines those files are in the wrong place :-(
>
>
well, like you said, it is what it is. I'll make sure I advertise its 
location in the doc. Thanks for that.

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David O'Brien
RHCT