From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Jan 27 20:24:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA07876 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 20:24:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns2.cetlink.net (root@ns2.cetlink.net [209.54.54.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA07868 for ; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 20:24:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jak@cetlink.net) Received: from hot1.auctionfever.com (ts1-cltnc-16.cetlink.net [209.54.58.16]) by ns2.cetlink.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id XAA27430; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 23:24:13 -0500 (EST) From: jak@cetlink.net (John Kelly) To: Greg Lehey Cc: jack , freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sendmail - low on space Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 05:24:42 GMT Message-ID: <34d5c0e1.16201776@mail.cetlink.net> References: <34cfac75.10985109@mail.cetlink.net> <19980128140835.25181@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <19980128140835.25181@lemis.com> X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.01/16.397 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id UAA07870 Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 28 Jan 1998 14:08:35 +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: >>> I see little benefit in a partition dedicated to /var. >> >> I do. I like the fact that the / partition, with the critical system >> files, is not written to each time a log entry is made, mail is received, >> accounting records the user's commands, etc. I like the fact that / can >> be mounted read only so clueless or malicious users can't touch it. I'd >> like to see /tmp made a link to /var/tmp by default. > >I think you're missing the point. Nobody's advocating doing away with >the /usr file system. Exactly, yes, thank you. ------- The day of the proprietary OS is over. Long live free software.