Robert P. J. Day became daring and sent these 0.8K bytes, > > Ideally /var/www, /var/ftp, /var/cvs, /var/mysql and the like should > > each be on their own separate partition. > > > > Easy enough to do that using lvm. > > ouch. sure, it's easier with LVM, but it also confirms my initial > point that the whole directory layout under /var really is a mess -- > a mixture of both static and dynamic data. > > /srv is starting to look really appealing right about now. Yes, /var is and will be a mess for a long time i suspect. Personally i use /export for http, ftp, nfs. Basically for anything that is externally accessed. -- /\o Aaron M Matteson - http://cryptosystem.us /\/ GnuPG key fingerprint is in the header /\ Real programmers don't document. If it was hard to write, / \ it should be hard to understand! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- /~\ The ASCII Ribbon Campaign Against HTML Email! \ / X All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander / \ are lost --jrr tolkien
