On Sun, 15.05.11 15:53, Christoph Anton Mitterer ([email protected]) wrote:
> > On Sun, 15 May 2011 17:48:50 +0200, Lennart Poettering > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I guess the idea behind /var is that of variable STATE data,.. and not > >> just ANY variable data (most data is variable anyway). > > > > Uh. I think /var is very much the right place for MySQL server data and > > other non-user-specific dynamic data. > > What do you mean by non-user-specific data? Data not related directly to a specific Unix user. > If I e.g. have a DB that stores addresses,... than I'd say the files that > contains the actual data (especially the addresses) should go to > /srv/something... > Any e.g dynamic indices (which can be easily rebuilt) should go to > /var. Stay away from /srv please. That's admin territory, the system should not muck around with that. Lennart -- Lennart Poettering - Red Hat, Inc. _______________________________________________ fhs-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/fhs-discuss
