Defaults

This section documents some defaults for settings in Konfigkoll.

Default ignores

Some paths are always ignored in the file system scan:

  • **/lost+found
  • /dev/
  • /home/
  • /media/
  • /mnt/
  • /proc/
  • /root/
  • /run/
  • /sys/
  • /tmp/
  • /var/tmp/

Default early configurations

Some configurations are always applied early (before packages are installed) in the configuration process (you can add additional with settings.early_config during the system discovery phase):

  • /etc/passwd
  • /etc/group
  • /etc/shadow
  • /etc/gshadow

The reason these are applied early is to ensure consistent ID assignment when installing packages that want to add their own IDs.

Default sensitive configurations

Konfigkoll will not write out the following files when you use save, no matter what. This is done as a security measure to prevent accidental leaks of sensitive information:

  • /etc/shadow
  • /etc/gshadow

You can add additional files to this list with settings.sensitive_file during the system discovery phase.