From d0a9f269aa6575253b1c284d594a467e6fdeb7c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Grothoff Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 10:26:23 +0000 Subject: more work towards XDG spec (#3000) -- config file location --- README | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index f3d57a4f3..ad43c1f2a 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -115,8 +115,9 @@ the $HOME-directory of your "gnunet" user is, you might need to set the SERVICEHOME option in section "[PATHS]" to "/var/lib/gnunet" to do this. Depending on your personal preferences, you may also want to use "/etc/gnunet.conf" for the location of the configuration file in -this case (instead of ~gnunet/.gnunet/gnunet.conf"). In this case, -you need to start GNUnet using "gnunet-arm -s -c /etc/gnunet.conf". +this case (instead of ~gnunet/.config/gnunet.conf"). In this case, +you need to start GNUnet using "gnunet-arm -s -c /etc/gnunet.conf" or +set "XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/etc/". You can avoid running 'make install' as root if you run configure 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 system-wide defaults (typically located in $GNUNET_PREFIX/share/gnunet/config.d/) and a second one that overrides default values with user-specific preferences. The user-specific -configuration file should be located in "~/.gnunet/gnunet.conf" or its +configuration file should be located in "~/.config/gnunet.conf" or its location can be specified by giving the "-c" option to the respective GNUnet application. -- cgit v1.2.3