On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 10:27:49AM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > i always wondered just why debian apache puts the main homepage of a > server into /var/www. /var isn't made for stuff that's persistens like > a homepage! in addition, where do virtual hosts go? in general, once > a virtual host is defined, one had better defined a virtual host for > the primary hostname too so as to make apache work better (my > experience). but as soon as server.mydomain.com and > virtual.mydomain.com are both hosted by the same server, and are both > virtual domains, they should technically be in the same hierarchy. >
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.2.txt.gz: "5. The /var Hierarchy 5.1 Purpose /var contains variable data files. This includes spool directories and files, administrative and logging data, and transient and temporary files. [...] /var is specified here in order to make it possible to mount /usr read- only. Everything that once went into /usr that is written to during system operation (as opposed to installation and software maintenance) must be in /var." I think html files can be defined as variable data files. /var includes "transient and temporary" files. However, I don't think this means everything in /var is non-peristent. As far is I know SuSE and Solaris store apache data files in /usr/local. Which makes also sense, as /usr can contain static and dynamic files. An argument for using /home is the fact that www-data is a user and as such it should have its home dir in /home. Still, from a gut feeling, I prefer /var to /home. Maybe we could research in more depth the reasons why /var was chosen before we decide on changing it? > right now, i solve this by having symlinks from /var/www/servername to > the homedirectory of the responsible person for the domain, so that > the actual data reside on /home. but that's not the way debian handles > this, and i am wondering just why? > > why is debian apache making /var/www be the main directory, and why is > debian apache not providing an easily extensible location for virtual > domain data? > > martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) > \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:" [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- > it said "needs windoze 98 or better," so i installed linux. -- GPG Keyid 0x0FCD0EE2 GPG Fingerprint C2FF 6147 0ADB 1674 4096 2339 370F CBDF 0FCD 0EE2 fortune - print a random, hopefully interesting, adage: Christmas time is here, by Golly; Kill the turkeys, ducks and chickens; Disapproval would be folly; Mix the punch, drag out the Dickens; Deck the halls with hunks of holly; Even though the prospect sickens, Fill the cup and don't say when... Brother, here we go again. On Christmas day, you can't get sore; Relations sparing no expense'll, Your fellow man you must adore; Send some useless old utensil, There's time to rob him all the more, Or a matching pen and pencil, The other three hundred and sixty-four! Just the thing I need... how nice. It doesn't matter how sincere Hark The Herald-Tribune sings, It is, nor how heartfelt the spirit; Advertising wondrous things. Sentiment will not endear it; God Rest Ye Merry Merchants, What's important is... the price. May you make the Yuletide pay. Angels We Have Heard On High, Let the raucous sleighbells jingle; Tell us to go out and buy. Hail our dear old friend, Kris Kringle, Sooooo... Driving his reindeer across the sky, Don't stand underneath when they fly by! -- Tom Lehrer
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