Software configuration files, where should I put them in Linux systems?

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I'm managing this open source project PM2 and I have a decision to take about where to put all configuration files.

Currently I store all these files under $HOME/.pm2/, but some user permissions can mess up with that logic.

What is the folder that is common and exists to 100% of Arch/Debian/Ubuntu/Linux/BSD/Unix... based system, to store configuration files ?

can you be more specific what is the user permission problem? — Dyno Fu, Jul 29 '14 at 22:20
If a user, let's say www-data, doesn't have any home folder, it doesnt work. If the user root install pm2, the node user (with root access) can't access to that conf files — Unitech, Jul 29 '14 at 22:31

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 30 '14 at 00:23

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In Linux/Unix, many programs usually keep config in /etc/ and use subfolder in /var/ for other files. See also on Wikipedia File System Hierarchy Standard

answered Jul 30 '14 at 00:23

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