Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 00:50:16 -0500 (EST) From: jack <jack@germanium.xtalwind.net> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sendmail - low on space Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980128003109.9843D-100000@germanium.xtalwind.net> In-Reply-To: <19980128140835.25181@lemis.com>
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On Wed, 28 Jan 1998, Greg Lehey wrote:
> I think you're missing the point. Nobody's advocating doing away with
> the /usr file system.
I realize that. I just see no sense in doing the amount of writing that
is normally done to /var done on the same slice that houses system files.
Has it been forgotten that var is short for variable? For files that are
constantly being changed? /usr is the user's playground, for their
working files. Loose /var and it's not too traumatic. Loose /usr and
you've got a problem. Loose / and you've got nothing to work with. With
an intact / slice you can boot single user and rebuild the rest.
A read only / is a nice added security measure, not foolproof but every
little bit helps. :)
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