Where possible, product design has followed these rules:
/opt/novell: Contains all static data in the following standard subdirectories.
Table B-1 Data in Standard Linux Subdirectories
/etc/opt/novell: Generally contains host-specific configuration data.
NOTE:The eDirectory .conf file is /etc/nds.conf.
If a product has a single configuration file, it is named product.conf.
If a product uses multiple configuration files, they are placed in a subdirectory named for the product.
/var/opt/novell: Contains all variable data.
Variable data (data that changes during normal run time operations) is stored in a product subdirectory.
/var/opt/novell/log: Generally contains log files.
NOTE:The eDirectory log file is /var/nds/ndsd.log.
If a product has a single log file, it is stored in a file with the product name.
If a product has multiple log files, they are stored in a subdirectory named for the product.
All files and directories that could not follow the above rules have the prefix novell- where possible.