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Figure 11–7 A View of the Directories from Root
Here are just a few of the directories you are likely to find:
etc
usr
There are more, but for now, take a look at the /etc directory.
[newuser@localhost /]$ cd etc
[newuser@localhost /etc]$ ls
Here, among other things, you will find configuration files, which are files that help make programs
work for your system, store program and system settings, and more.
Among the directories in here, you will see /etc/X11, which also contains directories and configu-
ration files for the X Window System.
In the directory /etc/skel, you will find skeleton user files, which are used to populate newly
created user accounts with standard, commonly used files.
What is a skeleton file? Well, when you were logged in as root, one of the first things you did was
create a user account. When that user account was created, files were taken from /etc/skel and
placed into the new account. The /etc/skel files are the standard files needed by every new ac-
count.
lib sbin
var
Chapter 11:Managing Files and Directories