On Fri, 2007-09-21 at 13:15 -0400, Simo Sorce wrote: > On Fri, 2007-09-21 at 17:38 +0200, Nicolas Mailhot wrote: > > Le Ven 21 septembre 2007 16:49, Ralf Corsepius a écrit : > > > > >>From the FHS: > > > Chapter 5. The /var Hierarchy > > > Purpose > > > /var contains variable data files. This includes spool directories and > > > files, administrative and logging data, and transient and temporary > > > files. > > > > And some transient files like spools may be backed up, but /var is not > > for long-term data > > B******t. :-) > 2 Directory Servers put data in there: > /var/lib/dirsrv > /var/lib/ldap > IIRC also MySQL and PostsgreSQL put data under /var/lib > > I guess you care about your databases contents, do you? :-) Unless I miss my guess, they're only there because someone packaging things for Fedora put them there. I sincerely doubt that those individual applications actually recommend a default location for their database. Even if they did make a recommendation, that's what packagers like Fedora have to decide on and override if need be. The discussion is about coming up with a policy for where to place data files and not backing up (though certainly with an eye out for back-up policies, as well). Again, things to consider when deciding where to place things: 1) Back-up policy and convenience 2) Storage concerns 3) That this is just a default and can be overridden by anyone, but it makes it easy for any person who knows Fedora to administer any other Fedora box 4) FHS guidelines (what is Fedora's policy? Interpretation of certain vague statements) -- Richi Plana -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
