On Tuesday, 14 December 2004 at 22:05:20 -0600, Adam wrote: > On Tuesday, 14 December 2004 at 21:50:45 -0600, Adam wrote: >>> In Greg Lehey's book "The Complete FreeBSD" 4th edition, he says, >>> "Do not have a separate /var file system unless you have a good idea >>> how big it should be. A good example might be a web server, where >>> (contrary to FreeBSD's recommendations) it's a good idea to put the >>> webpages on the /var file system." p.70 >>> >>> Why is it a good idea to put webpages in the /var file system and >>> not the /usr file system? >> >> Because they're not part of the system. Despite the name, /usr is >> mainly for the operating system. /var is for content that frequently >> varies. > > Okay, I understand not using /usr, but why not use /home?
/var is for content that frequently varies. That's its purpose. /home is for user home directories. > Does storing webpages in /var give you a performance increase? No. > Or is it convention that you would store webpages in /var? It's certainly a convention. > I'm setting up a webserver at my house where I'll serve several > websites for my friends, should I have them store webpages in > /var/username or keep them in /home/username? I suppose if you're in a multi-user environment where each user has his own web pages, it's better to have the users' web pages in his public_html directory. You can do this in either direction with symlinks. It's easy to read too much into these recommendations. I personally don't follow them. There are hysterical raisins behind that: I set up my original web server before I thought about the issue, and I've been too lazy to move. I *would* follow them with a new installation. My personal web pages are in my home directory, and http://wwww.lemis.com/grog/ (count those wwwws) is a symlink to ~grog/public_html. My externally visible web server is a colocated system which I share with a number of friends. They store the main web files in /var/www, but individuals have their web pages in a subdirectory of their home directory that matches the web site name (in my case, ~grog/www.lemis.com/). > BTW, awesome book. I love reading about the old RLL and MFM hard > drives I used to config when I was a kid. Brings back a lot of > memories. Thanks Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers.
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