On Fri, 2007-09-21 at 01:58 -0500, Arthur Pemberton wrote: > On 9/20/07, Casey Dahlin <cjdahlin@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Fedora has had the /srv directory in its default configuration for > > awhile now, and I think its high time we used it. Under the latest FHS > > specifications this is the correct place for /var/www and /var/ftp/pub > > and the like. > > > > Personally I think this is a long overdue change and its about time we > > followed through on it. Service-provided files are very much on the > > fringe of /var 's purpose (which tends to be application state info that > > requires extended persistence). The location was no doubt chosen since > > the media performance requirements tend to align (though after this > > shift the average /var partition could probably be substantially smaller). > > > I use it on my CentOS box for files i server via subversion or > http+smb. It seems like an ideal location for what is currently > /var/www and /var/ftp This is what other distros use /var for. Nevertheless the answers others had provided also are correct. The FHS is ambivalent. /me thinks, FPC is overinterpreting the FHS due to lack of familiarity with exiting practice on other distros. Ralf -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
