William Morder composed on 2018-03-22 13:55 (UTC-0700): > Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: >> beeing on the root-partition has nothing to do with admin privileges. > There is also the problem that, on reinstallation, the /opt folder (and any > configurations or modifications) will necessarily be overwritten. I would > like to prevent /opt from being overwritten, just as I do with my /home > folder. Put the things _you_ put in /opt/ instead in /usr/local/, make /usr/local/ a separate filesystem, and you needn't have that problem, unless maybe you're an AntiX user. The only things in /opt/ on my systems are things the package manager decides belong there, typically printer drivers, KDE3, or LO. -- "Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Whatever else you get, get wisdom." Proverbs 4:7 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
