First of all config files are not symbolic links at all. In your example, you gave a kdmrc as config file. It's not a config file but and rc(run command) file. Config files are just plain text files and do not have symlinks at all. Maybe you should learn the nomenclature. My intention was to only help you. Comments like "That was a pretty useless comment" will not get you anywhere. Please be more considerate toward other people. It doesn't sound nice and polite.