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Date:      19 Jun 2003 22:09:13 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com>
To:        sweetleaf <sweetleaf@myrealbox.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: how much space for /
Message-ID:  <44smq5pkja.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <20030619165936.31801716.sweetleaf@myrealbox.com>
References:  <20030619001229.651c88e2.sweetleaf@myrealbox.com> <44ptl9hkt8.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <20030619165936.31801716.sweetleaf@myrealbox.com>

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sweetleaf <sweetleaf@myrealbox.com> writes:

> 226990  ./root

Oof.

If you're going to run a lot of applications as root, you'll need to
make sure most of the data doesn't get stored on the root partition.
It's a lot better all around, though, to just run your everyday
applications as a lesser-privileged account with a home directory on
another filesystem.



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