Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 22:33:02 -0500 (EST) From: jack <jack@germanium.xtalwind.net> To: John Kelly <jak@cetlink.net> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sendmail - low on space Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980127222325.9843C-100000@germanium.xtalwind.net> In-Reply-To: <34cfac75.10985109@mail.cetlink.net>
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On Wed, 28 Jan 1998, John Kelly wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Jan 1998 16:24:55 -0500 (EST), Andrew Webster
> <andrew@guardian.fortress.org> wrote:
>
> >I create my systems without a physical /var parition and symlink /var and
> >/tmp into /usr/var and /usr/tmp respectively, this eliminates all
> >problems, and you don't end up "wasting" lots of disk space for temporary
> >files.
>
> I do the same thing on every install.
>
> >Can we make this the default of sysinstall?
>
> I would like it too.
I wouldn't.
> I see little benefit in a partition dedicated to /var.
I do. I like the fact that the / partition, with the critical system
files, is not written to each time a log entry is made, mail is received,
accounting records the user's commands, etc. I like the fact that / can
be mounted read only so clueless or malicious users can't touch it. I'd
like to see /tmp made a link to /var/tmp by default.
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