B Oes 2 Sp2 File And Data Locations; General Rules; B.1 General Rules - Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2 SP2 Installation Manual

OES 2 SP2 File and Data
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Locations
This section contains information about the general rules and conventions that Novell
when determining where various data types and program components are stored on the Linux file
system.
Where possible, we have tried to ensure that Open Enterprise Server (OES) 2 SP2 components
follow Linux Standard Base (LSB) requirements regarding file location. Efforts to do this are
detailed here.
Section B.1, "General Rules," on page 221
Section B.2, "Exceptions," on page 222

B.1 General Rules

Where possible, product design has followed these rules:
/opt/novell: Contains all static data in the following standard subdirectories.
/opt/novell/bin
/opt/novell/product/sbin
/opt/novell/lib
/opt/novell/include
/opt/novell/oes_install
/etc/opt/novell: Generally contains host-specific configuration data.
If a product has a single configuration file, it is named
If a product uses multiple configuration files, they are placed in a subdirectory named for the
product or service.
/etc/opt/novell/service_name: Contains various OES service configuration files.
/var/opt/novell: Contains all variable data.
Variable data (data that changes during normal run time operations) is stored in a product or
service subdirectory.
/var/opt/novell/log: Generally contains log files.
If a product or service has a single log file, it is stored in a file with the product or service name.
Executable files that are used by multiple products or are
intended to be executed by an end user.
Executable files that are used only by a product and are
not executed by an end user.
Shared libraries that are used by multiple products and
shared or static libraries that are part of an SDK.
Header files for SDKs, typically in a product subdirectory.
The OES installation and uninstallation code.
product or service.conf
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follows
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