Now you did it ... answered a question, and set up another ;-) What is /usr/local used for?
j. ==================== At 05:07 PM 12/21/01 -0900, you wrote: >On Fri, 2001-12-21 at 16:37, Julian Opificius wrote: > > Thanks for the input, Civileme. > > > > Where would I put the public access directory? Under /home, say > > /home/public, or is there some other traditional place? > > If I do this, presumably I could put /home on a separate /dev/hda'n' > > partition, or, if Santa brings me the new 80G HD I asked for, make it > > /dev/hdb. Is this reasonable thinking? > > > > j. > > ==================== > > At 04:28 PM 12/21/01 -0900, you wrote: > > >On Fri, 2001-12-21 at 13:42, Julian Opificius wrote: > > > > Can anyone tell me the "standard" places to put files? > > > > > > > > Specifically :- > > > > > > > > On a multi-user workstation I would obvious use /home/<accountname> for > > > > personal stuff. > > > > > > > > If I set up my LM box as a server, accessible by a couple of Windows > > > > network clients, with some general directories, at what mount point > would > > > > the tree start, and is there a standard top level name for it? > > > > > > > > Fairly logically I would create a separate partition for the stuff > > > tree, or > > > > a separate drive even better, right? > > > > > > > > Recommendations happily accepted. > > > > > > > > Julian. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Yes, it is and a separate /home partition is a very good policy, because >your settings are almost all preserved when the next edition comes along >and you find that the Update facility doesn't do much with old soft >links and causes problems--usually with /usr/local and /home on separate >partitions, the best update is install without formatting those >partitions. > >Civileme > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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