[svlug] RHL 5.2

[Rick Moen]

Quoting J C Lawrence (claw at under.engr.sgi.com):

> True.  I like to keep /var, or at least /var/log as its own
> partition separate from user space due to the fact that log files
> can grow uncontrollably and rapidly and I really dislike the idea
> that JoeUser will get nailed because the web server gets
> slashdotted.

Which, considering that the Web logs are within /var/log under 
essentially any directory-layout regime, is not an issue in this 
discussion.
 
> <shrug> I like typing ~httpd, ~ftp, etc.

Surely you're aware that this will work without those being
physically inside /home?  The "home" path is specified for each
user and pseudo-user in /etc/passwd, and can be anywhere.

-- 
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Rick Moen
rick (at) hugin.imat.com

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