I think /var is for data created or at least altered by a daemon/programm. (caches, dbs, pids, lockfiles or even configs genereated by apps like crontabs) Ofcourse you can't have it always that strict in some cases but www (html files) is something users edit. I don't think it should be in /var. Otherwise stuff like the pub dir of ftp would be also needed in /var/ftp or so.
/home is also not the right choice for such data for most. Some think only "real human" should be in there others dislike it because they want to nfs the whole /home. /srv is a usable compromise i think. It's a "homedir" for system services. On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 08:37:30PM -0500, Jon Portnoy wrote: > On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 01:20:45AM +0000, Stuart Herbert wrote: > Content-Description: signed data > > On Wednesday 04 February 2004 1:12 am, Jon Portnoy wrote: > > > I think the FHS needs to stop wrecking a perfectly usable preexisting > > > standard filesystem layout by introducing useless directories like > > > /media (should be under /mnt) and /srv (should be under /var). > > > > I'm with you on /media. But I think /srv has merit. > > What does /srv give us that /var doesn't? > > -- > Jon Portnoy > avenj/irc.freenode.net > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
