What type of content does /etc primarily store?

• A. Global configuration files
• B. User data
• C. Binary executables
• D. System logs

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is where system-wide settings live in the filesystem. /etc is the place for global configuration files that tell the OS and services how to behave. These are the files that configure startup, networking, services, and application settings, often in plain text. For example, files like /etc/ssh/sshd_config or /etc/fstab define SSH behavior and filesystem mounting, respectively. User data sits elsewhere, typically in /home, binaries live in /bin or /usr/bin, and logs are stored in /var/log. So /etc primarily stores global configuration files.