Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 15:20:18 -0600 From: Eric Crist <ecrist@secure-computing.net> To: "Adam" <adam@jamradar.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Use /var for storing webpages.. Why??? Message-ID: <493533F3-4FA8-11D9-8588-000D9333E43C@secure-computing.net> In-Reply-To: <004c01c4e25b$59bd5c60$0200a8c0@PANASONIULSWMR> References: <001d01c4e259$452536d0$0200a8c0@PANASONIULSWMR> <20041215035627.GD862@wantadilla.lemis.com> <004c01c4e25b$59bd5c60$0200a8c0@PANASONIULSWMR>
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--Apple-Mail-1-370767029 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed On Dec 14, 2004, at 10:05 PM, Adam wrote: > > Okay, I understand not using /usr, but why not use /home? Does storing > webpages in /var give you a performance increase? Or is it convention > that > you would store webpages in /var? I'm setting up a webserver at my > house > where I'll serve several websites for my friends, should I have them > store > webpages in /var/username or keep them in /home/username? > > BTW, awesome book. I love reading about the old RLL and MFM hard > drives I > used to config when I was a kid. Brings back a lot of memories. > > Thanks > Adam FWIW, I usually have an entirely separate file system, located at /www. This allows me to keep all of my web content completely separate from the entire system, and in the even the system dies, I can simply mount it from a new system. HTH _______________________________________________________ Eric F Crist "I am so smart, S.M.R.T!" Secure Computing Networks -Homer J Simpson --Apple-Mail-1-370767029 content-type: application/pgp-signature; x-mac-type=70674453; name=PGP.sig content-description: This is a digitally signed message part content-disposition: inline; filename=PGP.sig content-transfer-encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAkHB/BIACgkQRAAY9knOW+q97wCcC7wf/7dHu5XTPjl28nAnqf2T ZL8AniLbMQpiUQwAwwj3cn7VaXG4kQyN =bj1w -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail-1-370767029--
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