Some services lack configuration files in /etc

[renich]

I just installed: openssh-server and I noticed that /etc/openssh/sshd_config was missing. I found it at: /usr/share/defaults/etc/ssh/sshd_config and copied it in order to modify it a bit.

openssh-server was able to start without it's configuration file since, I assume, it has defaults defined. This was not the case with avahi-daemon.

In this case, avahi-daemon fails to start at boot time:

❯ systemctl status avahi-daemon  
× avahi-daemon.service - Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/avahi-daemon.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2024-12-27 19:54:17 UTC; 22min ago
TriggeredBy: × avahi-daemon.socket
    Process: 547 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/avahi-daemon -s (code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION)
   Main PID: 547 (code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION)
        CPU: 1ms

Dec 27 19:54:17 sos.virt.casa.g02.org systemd[1]: Starting Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack...
Dec 27 19:54:17 sos.virt.casa.g02.org avahi-daemon[547]: Failed to open file '/etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf': No such file or directory
...

I know nothing, but it seems there might be a general omission while packaging or a bug.

[ikeycode]

Somethings are correctly stateless. Some things are crapped out like avahi :D