-# monkeysphere configuration file
-# this is currently meant to be sourced by bash.
-CONF_DIR=/etc/monkeysphere
-AUTH_USER_IDS_DIR="$CONF_DIR"/auth_user_ids
-KEYRING="$CONF_DIR"/keyring.gpg
+# monkeysphere system configuration file
+
+# This is particular configuration is meant to be sourced by the
+# rhesus shell script when run in administrative mode to maintain
+# authorized_keys files for users.
+
+AUTH_USER_FILE=/etc/monkeysphere/auth_user_ids/"$USER"
+
+STAGING_AREA=/var/lib/monkeysphere/stage/"$USER"
+
+# gpg home directory for server
+GNUPGHOME=/etc/monkeysphere/gnupg
+
+# gpg keyserver to search for keys