I've realized that in my system there are two /etc directories: first, the normal /etc and second (and weird in my opinion) there is also a directory /etc/etc.
I've listed both directories and I could see the files inside are not the same.
I've got some (minor) problems in my configuration and I wonder if this was caused by the duplicity.
Could the wise men of salix clarify if having two /etc directories is normal?
Two /etc directories
Re: Two /etc directories
My guess is that there is an error in the build script of one of the packages that you installed. If you post a list of files that are in /etc/etc it may help in identifying the issue.
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Re: Two /etc directories
This is ls -l of /etc/etc:
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total 2104
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 oct 23 2017 ConsoleKit
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4593 abr 17 2016 DIR_COLORS
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21 mar 8 2018 HOSTNAME
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 oct 23 2017 ImageMagick-6
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 oct 25 2017 NetworkManager
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 oct 23 2017 UPower
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 oct 23 2017 X11
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2561 jul 28 2010 a2ps-site.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15063 jul 28 2010 a2ps.cfg
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 oct 23 2017 acpi
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 46 feb 8 2019 adjtime
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 105 feb 22 2016 asound.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 oct 23 2017 asound.state -> ../var/lib/alsa/asound.state
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 oct 23 2017 at-spi2
-rw-r----- 1 root daemon 144 jun 29 2016 at.deny
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 724 abr 18 2013 auto.master
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 abr 18 2013 auto.master.d
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 524 abr 18 2013 auto.misc
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1260 abr 18 2013 auto.net
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 687 abr 18 2013 auto.smb
-rw------- 1 root root 232 abr 18 2013 autofs_ldap_auth.conf
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 mar 5 2018 avahi
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 ene 29 2019 bash_completion.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 sep 2 21:26 bluetooth
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 oct 23 2017 ca-certificates
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7010 sep 2 21:26 ca-certificates.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7367 sep 2 21:26 ca-certificates.conf.orig
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 902 ene 13 2014 cgconfig.conf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 jun 15 2018 cgconfig.d
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 940 ago 25 2014 cgred.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 234 ene 13 2014 cgrules.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 131 ene 13 2014 cgsnapshot_blacklist.conf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 may 10 2016 cron.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 nov 23 2018 cron.daily
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 oct 23 2017 cron.hourly
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 may 10 2016 cron.monthly
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 may 10 2016 cron.weekly
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 oct 23 2017 crypttab
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1614 ago 2 2013 csh.login
drwxr-xr-x 5 root lp 4096 oct 23 2017 cups
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 oct 25 2017 dbus-1
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 oct 25 2017 default
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1467 nov 19 2015 dhcpcd.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 42 oct 25 2017 dhcpcd.duid
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2916 ago 13 2013 dialogrc
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 may 9 2016 dm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4346 may 9 2016 drirc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4760 mar 7 2016 enscript.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 368 mar 21 2013 esd.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 sep 30 11:35 etc2.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1362 mar 28 2016 ethertypes
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 154 ago 21 1994 exports
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22063 sep 22 2008 fb.modes
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 ago 1 2018 file
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 abr 2 2018 fish
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 oct 21 2018 fonts
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 822 ene 19 2018 fstab
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 oct 23 2017 gamin
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 oct 23 2017 gconf
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 oct 23 2017 gdm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4655 oct 3 2013 gettydefs
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 oct 23 2017 gimp
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 abr 24 2016 gnupg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1756 ago 4 2014 gpm-root.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1582 ago 4 2014 gpm-syn.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4763 ago 4 2014 gpm-twiddler.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 860 oct 7 2018 group
-rw------- 1 root root 843 oct 28 2017 group-
-rw-r----- 1 root shadow 40 oct 7 2018 gshadow
-rw------- 1 root root 26 oct 28 2017 gshadow-
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 nov 2 2017 gtk-2.0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 oct 23 2017 gtk-3.0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 147 oct 23 2017 hardwareclock
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27 jul 7 1994 host.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 620 mar 8 2018 hosts
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 293 nov 26 1993 hosts.allow
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 296 nov 26 1993 hosts.deny
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 320 feb 9 1998 hosts.equiv
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 oct 23 2017 hp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1839 jul 5 2012 identd.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4599 jun 30 2007 inetd.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 oct 23 2017 init.d -> rc.d/init.d
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2162 jun 14 2016 inittab
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 690 may 31 2002 inputrc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24 sep 24 2000 issue
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 sep 17 1999 issue.net
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 oct 23 2017 java
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 254932 feb 4 2019 ld.so.cache
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 69 jun 22 2016 ld.so.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3256 may 20 2016 lftp.conf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 oct 23 2017 libnl
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 mar 5 2018 libvirt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7788 ago 4 2016 lilo.conf_example
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2619 oct 23 2017 localtime
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 oct 23 2017 localtime-copied-from -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Madrid
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2006 jul 2 2014 login.access
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10846 jul 2 2014 login.defs
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1248 abr 17 2015 logrotate.conf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 nov 7 2018 logrotate.d
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 oct 23 2017 lvm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 159864 may 29 2017 lynx.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3581 may 29 2017 lynx.lss
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4635 nov 10 2015 man.conf
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 oct 25 2017 mate-settings-daemon
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 oct 23 2017 mc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2687 mar 4 2016 mdadm.conf
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 11298 ago 2 2013 mediaprm
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 ago 1 2018 misc -> file
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 965 jun 9 2016 mke2fs.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 529 jun 29 2017 mkinitrd.conf.sample
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 oct 23 2017 modprobe.d
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 nov 2 2017 mono
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15 feb 8 2019 motd
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 oct 27 2017 mplayer
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 347 feb 8 2019 mtab
-rw------- 1 root users 0 oct 25 2017 mtab.fuselock
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1914 ago 2 2013 mtools.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 202 ago 4 2017 my.cnf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 nov 7 2018 my.cnf.d
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1702 sep 2 2017 mysqlaccess.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8343 jun 22 2016 nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 767 dic 22 2015 netconfig
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 233 abr 7 1998 networks
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3603 abr 14 2016 nfsmount.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24 feb 9 1998 nntpserver
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2387 feb 20 2016 nscd.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1083 jun 22 2016 nsswitch.conf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 feb 8 2019 ntp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2534 sep 2 21:26 ntp.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2530 sep 2 21:26 ntp.conf.orig
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 oct 23 2017 openldap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 327 dic 28 2015 os-release
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 ene 29 2019 pam.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 oct 27 2017 pango
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1378 may 4 2017 passwd
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 oct 23 2017 pcmcia
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 oct 23 2017 pkcs11
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 oct 23 2017 pm
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 oct 23 2017 polkit-1
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 oct 23 2017 ppp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 395 ago 19 2003 printcap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2164 ago 2 2013 profile
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 sep 10 2016 profile.d
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5748 feb 10 2002 protocols
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 oct 23 2017 pulse
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 oct 23 2017 radiusclient
-rw------- 1 root root 512 feb 8 2019 random-seed
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 4096 sep 2 21:26 rc.d
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 oct 23 2017 rc0.d -> rc.d/rc0.d
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 oct 23 2017 rc1.d -> rc.d/rc1.d
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 oct 23 2017 rc2.d -> rc.d/rc2.d
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 oct 23 2017 rc3.d -> rc.d/rc3.d
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 oct 23 2017 rc4.d -> rc.d/rc4.d
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 oct 23 2017 rc5.d -> rc.d/rc5.d
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 oct 23 2017 rc6.d -> rc.d/rc6.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 oct 23 2017 rc_keymaps
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6198 abr 18 2016 rc_maps.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 87 feb 8 2019 resolv.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 oct 23 2017 rmt -> /usr/libexec/rmt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1634 ago 10 2017 rpc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 oct 23 2017 salix-edition
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12 ago 8 2016 salix-update-notifier.conf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 dic 29 2017 salixtools
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 nov 30 2018 samba
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 oct 23 2017 sane.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 mar 5 2018 sasl2
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 dic 3 2017 sbopkg
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 ene 29 2019 schroot
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3302 ago 23 2016 screenrc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 365 jun 12 2000 securetty
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 nov 23 2015 sensors.d
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10215 nov 23 2015 sensors3.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2948 dic 11 2015 serial.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 83348 feb 6 2010 services
-rw-r----- 1 root root 680 may 4 2017 shadow
-rw------- 1 root root 580 mar 26 2016 shadow-
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1686 jun 14 2016 shell-colors
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 37 oct 23 2017 shells
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 oct 23 2017 skel
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15 dic 28 2015 slackware-version
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 sep 2 21:26 slapt-get
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 oct 23 2017 slkbuild
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1437 mar 23 2015 slsh.rc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6699 jun 7 2016 smartd.conf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 jun 7 2016 smartd_warning.d
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5847 jun 7 2016 smartd_warning.sh
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 oct 23 2017 snmp
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 oct 25 2017 sound
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68 ene 26 2019 sourcery.conf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 sep 2 21:26 ssh
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 nov 23 2018 ssl
-r--r----- 1 root root 3174 mar 25 2016 sudoers
drwxr-x--- 2 root root 4096 oct 23 2017 sudoers.d
-r--r----- 1 root root 3174 jun 1 2017 sudoers.dist
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 mar 5 2018 sysctl.d
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1573 jun 29 2016 syslog.conf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 oct 23 2017 sysstat
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8969 feb 16 2004 termcap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 706385 mar 3 2000 termcap-BSD
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8969 feb 16 2004 termcap-Linux
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 feb 8 2019 udev
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 nov 19 2015 udisks2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 228 jun 30 2009 updatedb.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1018 dic 15 2015 usb_modeswitch.conf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 dic 15 2015 usb_modeswitch.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 oct 7 2018 vbox
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51 sep 1 2015 vdpau_wrapper.cfg
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 oct 23 2017 vga
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4945 jun 13 2016 wgetrc
-rw------- 1 root root 65 abr 18 2016 wpa_supplicant.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4491 oct 23 2015 xboard.conf
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 oct 23 2017 xdg
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 oct 25 2017 xrdb
Re: Two /etc directories
skipted some lines.
Not bad this listing, Van_Vinkle,
all newer ones are from 02 September 2022; except for the empty etc2.txt file from 30 September 2022 11:37 AM.
All the ansers are really old so far.
Why not sudo ls -Rfltc --author of /etc and of /tmp, if you are sure not to harm yourself by doing so?
Does anyone have a better ls option list?
The introductory message is dated 30 Sep 2022, 15:27. Not that I'm falling for something old again.
Re: Two /etc directories
Yikes, my guess is obviously wrong! That looks like a complete copy of /etc. There is no /etc/etc directory in the Linux file system structure, so I would consider simply removing the /etc/etc directory and all its files.
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Re: Two /etc directories
Can be manufactured, I think. Could there be a ring structure? Maybe something incorrectly mounted?
Van_Vinkle claims but he has /etc/etc.
It should show the root directory and then /etc.
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Re: Two /etc directories
I've done and all is right, which confirms /etc/etc was a duplicity.
The system starts well and the small problems which I had are not present again. At least at the moment.
Thanks for your support.