steve@zonemindertest:~$ ls -lh /etc/zm
total 8.0K
drwxr-xr-x 2 root     root     4.0K Jun 21 00:11 conf.d
-rw-r----- 1 www-data www-data 2.9K Jun 14 05:34 zm.conf
steve@zonemindertest:~$ ls -lh /etc/zm/conf.d
total 0
steve@zonemindertest:~$ sudo cat /etc/zm/zm.conf
[sudo] password for steve:
# ==========================================================================
#
# ZoneMinder Base Configuration File
#
# ==========================================================================
#
# *** DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE ***
# Changes made directly to this configuration file are no longer supported.
# They will be overwritten during an upgrade.
#
# Instead, create a custom configuration file, with an extention of ".conf"
# under the /etc/zm/conf.d subfolder containing your desired modifications.
#

# Path to installed data directory, used mostly for finding DB upgrade scripts
ZM_PATH_DATA=/usr/share/zoneminder

# Path to ZoneMinder binaries
ZM_PATH_BIN=/usr/bin

# Path to ZoneMinder libraries (none at present, for future use)
ZM_PATH_LIB=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu

# Path to ZoneMinder configuration (this file only at present)
ZM_PATH_CONF=/etc/zm

# Path to ZoneMinder web files
ZM_PATH_WEB=/usr/share/zoneminder/www

# Path to ZoneMinder cgi files
ZM_PATH_CGI=/usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin

# Username and group that web daemon (httpd/apache) runs as
ZM_WEB_USER=www-data
ZM_WEB_GROUP=www-data

# ZoneMinder database type: so far only mysql is supported
ZM_DB_TYPE=mysql

# ZoneMinder database hostname or ip address and optionally port or unix socket
# Acceptable formats include hostname[:port], ip_address[:port], or localhost:unix_socket
ZM_DB_HOST=localhost

# ZoneMinder database name
ZM_DB_NAME=zm

# ZoneMinder database user
ZM_DB_USER=zmuser

# ZoneMinder database password
ZM_DB_PASS=zmpass

# Full path to the folder events are recorded to.
# The web account user must have full read/write permission to this folder.
ZM_DIR_EVENTS=/var/cache/zoneminder/events

# Full path to the folder images, not directly associated with events,
# are recorded to.
# The web account user must have full read/write permission to this folder.
ZM_DIR_IMAGES=/var/cache/zoneminder/images

# Foldername under the webroot where ZoneMinder looks for optional sound files
# to play when an alarm is detected.
ZM_DIR_SOUNDS=sounds

# Full path to the folder where exported archives are stored
# The web account user must have full read/write permission to this folder.
ZM_DIR_EXPORTS=/tmp/zm

# ZoneMinder url path to the zms streaming server
ZM_PATH_ZMS=/zm/cgi-bin/nph-zms

# Full Path to ZoneMinder's mapped memory files
# The web account user must have full read/write permission to this folder.
ZM_PATH_MAP=/dev/shm

# Full Path to ZoneMinder's socket folder
# The web account user must have full read/write permission to this folder.
ZM_PATH_SOCKS=/var/run/zm

# Full path to ZoneMinder's log folder
# The web account user must have full read/write permission to this folder.
ZM_PATH_LOGS=/var/log/zm

# Full path to ZoneMinder's swap folder
# The web account user must have full read/write permission to this folder.
ZM_PATH_SWAP=/tmp/zm

# Full path to optional arp binary
# ZoneMinder will find the arp binary automatically on most systems
ZM_PATH_ARP=