Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 08:38:18 +1300 From: Tom Munro Glass <gentoo@tmgcon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie: Correct directory for file server Message-ID: <200311120838.18581.gentoo@tmgcon.com> In-Reply-To: <3FB0BF36.4030002@mindcore.net> References: <200311111353.20210.gentoo@tmgcon.com> <200311111552.23084.gentoo@tmgcon.com> <3FB0BF36.4030002@mindcore.net>
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> > Depends on what philosophy you subscribe to- if it's on a local system > only, then create a group for members that will need access to it, and > create a directory in the /home tree, like /home/'project_foo > > If it's going to be NFS mounted by other systems, then create an /export > directory and put it similarly in there, which has the convenience as > you change your filesystems (and you will...) and perhaps share more > directories, or add more disk, you can keep them 'centrally' located (or > mounted) under a single top level directory.. Unless your /var > filesystem is _huge_ (or on the same filesystem as /, ick!), I wouldn't > put anything to be shared in the /var tree...(as already mentioned). > Likewise, /usr is meant to be capable of being mounted read-only, and > contains (generally) static binaries and libraries required for full > multi-user (read this as networked) mode operation of the system, so I'd > abstain from using /usr either. > > Scott Thanks for this Scott. The files are going to be NFS mounted by Linux workstations and SMB mmounted by Windows workstations, so I guess that /export is the right place. I will make this a separate filesystem. I currently have separate filesystems for /, /tmp, /usr and /var. Considering your comment about /usr being mounted read-only, why is /home a link to /usr/home when hme obviously contains variable data? If I use a new filesystem for /home, should I mount this at /home and make /usr/home a link to /home, or do I just mount it at /usr/home? Tom
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