From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 15 09:06:43 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5950916A4BF for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2003 09:06:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26C9043FAF for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2003 09:06:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) h8FG637T028296 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 15 Sep 2003 17:06:34 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)h8FG61tt028295; Mon, 15 Sep 2003 17:06:01 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 17:06:01 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Jud Message-ID: <20030915160601.GA28119@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Jud , Michael Vondung , freebsd-questions References: <000401c37b74$003e94f0$0200a8c0@tabby> <20030915123015.2434A79BD9@smtp.us2.messagingengine.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="u3/rZRmxL6MmkK24" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030915123015.2434A79BD9@smtp.us2.messagingengine.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-11.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_01,EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,PGP_SIGNATURE_2, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES, USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham version=2.55 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) cc: Michael Vondung cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Partitioning advice (/usr and /home) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 16:06:43 -0000 --u3/rZRmxL6MmkK24 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 08:30:15AM -0400, Jud wrote: > On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 12:27:37 +0200, "Michael Vondung" > said: =20 > > Backup matters aside, is there a significant advantage of having a > > separate > > /home partition at all? If not, just skipping /home and using 70GB for > > /usr > > (including /usr/home) might be the most practical and flexible approach? =20 > No significant advantage to a separate partition that I know of. The > primary disadvantage of too much partitioning, running out of room, > doesn't seem to apply here either. Looks like it's just whatever you > prefer. Quite a few people find it advantageous to be able to mount /home nosuid or even noexec; doing the same on the /usr partition would render a machine practically unusable. But, generally for home systems where the owner is the sole user or all users are trusted, this isn't a problem. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --u3/rZRmxL6MmkK24 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/ZeNpdtESqEQa7a0RAgZMAJwKe2CrUktEC/MPVs4GbwZCmyBvgQCfVaz1 OuArru0I0ZTOZJOsjdP16as= =7TmD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --u3/rZRmxL6MmkK24--