On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 07:26:59PM +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> >Temporary Files change all the time, and thus should be located in /var/tmp
> >The root's home directory is now actually within the /home directory
> But that is not great either. If /home is on a separate partition, it
> may not be available in an emergency situation.

Plus, if /home is a network share, root's home directory shouldn't be
shared -- even if the network is failproof.

Many of these things which look weird and inconsistent are there for a
reason. What is the end-user or developer value in changing them? Where
there is such a value, the changes will probably come naturally.


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Matthew Miller           [email protected]          <http://mattdm.org/>
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