# How to change to chef default directory configuration chnage during knife bootstarap , so it should not conflict with other client.rb configuration file

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/how-to-change-to-chef-default-directory-configuration-chnage-during-knife-bootstarap-so-it-should-not-conflict-with-other-client-rb-configuration-file/10990>\
**Category:** Chef Infra (archive)\
**Created:** [June 8, 2017, 12:31pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/how-to-change-to-chef-default-directory-configuration-chnage-during-knife-bootstarap-so-it-should-not-conflict-with-other-client-rb-configuration-file/10990 "2017-06-08T12:31:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b5ac83/32.png) [@Rajan](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Rajan)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 12:31pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/how-to-change-to-chef-default-directory-configuration-chnage-during-knife-bootstarap-so-it-should-not-conflict-with-other-client-rb-configuration-file/10990/1 "2017-06-08T12:31:47Z")

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How to change the chef default directory configuration **(/etc/chef/ to other like /etc/chef/client.d)** during knife bootstarap , so it should not conflict with other client.rb configuration file.