[Distutils] Question about usage of pje's setuptools

I have made a program that I want to distribute as an egg. The problem is that I need to put some files in directories like /etc/init.d and some configurations in a newly created directory in /etc. I know there is the "entry_points" + "console_scripts" stuff that I can use in my setup.py, but this is only for putting executables in /usr/bin. I know that setuptools is pretty new, and I understand the reasons why the sandbox refuses to create files outside of it, but if so, how do people develop big applications, that require configuration files, init files (at boot I mean), etc.? I did not find any example of big programs using setuptools that need global installation. Thanks for your help, Luc