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/etc: System Configuration - Amazon Linux 2023

/etc: System Configuration

The /etc directory on AL2023 contains system-specific configuration. By default, AL2023 images come with /etc on the root filesystem and writable by privileged users.

Note

It is common for applications (including systemd) to keep default configuration under /usr which can be overriden by placing configuration in /etc.

For these applications, changing files in /usr rather than overriding default configuration in /etc will likely result in the changes being overriden when the package is updated.

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