>>> On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 5:34 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -snip- > If you break out /tmp, why not /var/tmp too?
Because we're mostly concerned with not filling up the root file system, and not the /var file system. -snip- > /home can be controlled with quotas. Then, it's the user who's... > distressed. It's still considered a good practice to separate user data from the OS. Quotas on top of that can keep one user from hurting everyone else. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390