On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 03:15:57PM -0800, Shahms King wrote: > > /srv - user data for services not owned by a single specific user there > > ie: > So . . . remind me how this is different (fundamentally) from /var ? /var is variable transient data. Users don't edit files there; programs do. It's spools and caches and logs. /srv may contain a mix of user data and program data, including executable scripts (definitely a no-no in /var!). And, backup strategies for these filesystems is likely to differ from those for /var. /home/www was a problem, but /var/www is also very very not right. > > /media - all the removable media and silliness there. > And why isn't /mnt adequate for removable media? I thknk this one is silly. Historically, some people are accustomed to using /mnt as a temporary mount point. Therefore, having subdirectores that might be in use would be Terrible. -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://www.mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>
