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author | Christian Grothoff <christian@grothoff.org> | 2013-10-09 10:26:23 +0000 |
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committer | Christian Grothoff <christian@grothoff.org> | 2013-10-09 10:26:23 +0000 |
commit | d0a9f269aa6575253b1c284d594a467e6fdeb7c7 (patch) | |
tree | 21cf2183b906bd550eff83616552097c977ad530 /README | |
parent | d4baeee37d09e53b5f176398a1b4aaa0aa747883 (diff) | |
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more work towards XDG spec (#3000) -- config file location
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@@ -115,8 +115,9 @@ the $HOME-directory of your "gnunet" user is, you might need to set | |||
115 | the SERVICEHOME option in section "[PATHS]" to "/var/lib/gnunet" to | 115 | the SERVICEHOME option in section "[PATHS]" to "/var/lib/gnunet" to |
116 | do this. Depending on your personal preferences, you may also want to | 116 | do this. Depending on your personal preferences, you may also want to |
117 | use "/etc/gnunet.conf" for the location of the configuration file in | 117 | use "/etc/gnunet.conf" for the location of the configuration file in |
118 | this case (instead of ~gnunet/.gnunet/gnunet.conf"). In this case, | 118 | this case (instead of ~gnunet/.config/gnunet.conf"). In this case, |
119 | you need to start GNUnet using "gnunet-arm -s -c /etc/gnunet.conf". | 119 | you need to start GNUnet using "gnunet-arm -s -c /etc/gnunet.conf" or |
120 | set "XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/etc/". | ||
120 | 121 | ||
121 | You can avoid running 'make install' as root if you run configure | 122 | You can avoid running 'make install' as root if you run configure |
122 | with the "--with-sudo=yes" option and have extensive sudo rights | 123 | with the "--with-sudo=yes" option and have extensive sudo rights |
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ GNUnet uses two types of configuration files, one that specifies the | |||
172 | system-wide defaults (typically located in | 173 | system-wide defaults (typically located in |
173 | $GNUNET_PREFIX/share/gnunet/config.d/) and a second one that overrides | 174 | $GNUNET_PREFIX/share/gnunet/config.d/) and a second one that overrides |
174 | default values with user-specific preferences. The user-specific | 175 | default values with user-specific preferences. The user-specific |
175 | configuration file should be located in "~/.gnunet/gnunet.conf" or its | 176 | configuration file should be located in "~/.config/gnunet.conf" or its |
176 | location can be specified by giving the "-c" option to the respective | 177 | location can be specified by giving the "-c" option to the respective |
177 | GNUnet application. | 178 | GNUnet application. |
178 | 179 | ||