On Thu, 2007-04-05 at 20:49 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > This discussion wouldn't be complete without a note about the FHS. > (see man hier and the debian policy manual). > > The FHS is a policy document about what directories can be where and > what they're used for. > > Almost the whole directory tree is under the auspisis of the FHS. If > you put a random directory within that tree, at some point there could > be conflict. > > There are four places within the directory tree you could place your > /store and be out of the way of the debian system: > > /home/store > assuming you never create a user named 'store' > > /usr/local/share/store > since ISOs are basically static, its similar to > putting a document under /usr/local/share/doc > > /var/local/store > If you are frequently adding and removing files from > store, it should go under /var (variable) since the > idea of /usr is that it _can_ be mounted read-only. > > If its files to be placed by users (a communal bookshelf), I would put > it under /home > > If its files to be placed by admin/root/whatever, to be read by users, > I would put it under /var/local > > In any event, I would _not_ put it as /store.
Me? I put things on my stuff in: /exports/$sharename0 $sharename1 $sharename2 $sharename3 $sharename4 Where the nfs, samba, shfs, afs, etc... share them all with a same name I guess I am non-FHS compliant that way. Though, I am consistent that way. It grew out of early problems complying with FHS years ago... its a bad habit, but a livable bad habit -- greg, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Novell's Directory Services is a competitive product to Microsoft's Active Directory in much the same way that the Saturn V is a competitive product to those dinky little model rockets that kids light off down at the playfield. -- Thane Walkup -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]