Limitations

As of Finit v4 there are no limitations to where .conf settings can be placed. Except for the system/global rlimit and cgroup top-level group declarations, which can only be set from /etc/finit.conf, since it is the first .conf file Finit reads.

Originally, /etc/finit.conf was the only way to set up a Finit system. Today it is mainly used for bootstrap settings like system hostname, early module loading for watchdogd, network bringup and system shutdown. These can now also be set in any .conf file in /etc/finit.d.

There is, however, nothing preventing you from having all configuration settings in /etc/finit.conf.

Important

The default rcsd, i.e., /etc/finit.d, was previously the Finit runparts directory. Finit >=v4.0 no longer has a default runparts directory, make sure to update your setup, or the finit configuration, accordingly.