Date: Mon, 10 Apr 1995 21:54:11 -0600 From: nate@sneezy.sri.com (Nate Williams) To: Network Coordinator <nc@ain.charm.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: /var/mail - on the root filesystem!?! Message-ID: <199504110354.VAA06590@trout.sri.MT.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950410230556.9256A-100000@ain.charm.net> References: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950410230556.9256A-100000@ain.charm.net>
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Network Coordinator writes: > > I just noticed that /var/mail is mounted under the root filesystem, on > our system the root file system has about 50 megs or so, so that leaves > about 20 to free space. A couple users receiving some large MIME > encapsulated messages could kill that easy. If I created a link between > /var/mail and another drive (say /usr/mail) would that show up as a mail > security-flag, or is it kosher? For large systems which expect to receive lots of mail and such, /var should be a separate FS. This is also a good thing considering all of the logfiles and other 'often updated' system files are stored in /var. (/var/log, /var/run, .....) Nate
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