On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Always Learning <centos at u61.u22.net> wrote: > >> But, can you still 'yum install' any/all of the large number of >> packaged web applications from the base and 3rd party repos that will >> drop additional files into conf.d and expect a certain base setup? > > Definitely. That is essential. Non-operating system customisations go > in /data > But there is nothing related in those two statements. It would be equally true if you put your customizations in differently named files under /etc/httpd/conf.d and in directories under /var/www/html. The difference is that anyone familiar with the standard layout could look at a system and understand it quickly where your non-standard locations would have to be carefully documented and a new admin would need to waste time figuring it out. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com