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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@××××××××××××.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] /var/ftp VS /home/ftp
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 00:43:43
Message-Id: 200503201943.59970.vapier@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] /var/ftp VS /home/ftp by "Malte S. Stretz"
1 On Sunday 20 March 2005 07:30 pm, Malte S. Stretz wrote:
2 > On Monday 21 March 2005 01:02 CET Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
3 > > On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 23:49:05 +0000 Gustavo Adolfo Silva Ribeiro
4 > >
5 > > Felisberto <humpback@g.o> wrote:
6 > > | Right now ftpd builds create /home/ftp directory as this will be the
7 > > | home of the anonymous account home. One user opened a bug and he says
8 > > | that the proper place would be /var/ftp to go with /var/www . What do
9 > > | you guys think?
10 > >
11 > > System dependent. If ftp directories are machine-local, /var. If they're
12 > > shared across many machines, /home. If your sysadmin is a two dollar
13 > > redhat crack monkey, /srv.
14 >
15 > You mean a two dollar redhat crack monkey who read the FHS 2.3? ;~)
16
17 FHS doesnt really say anything other than 'the services should use /src' ...
18 they have no decision about subdirs with it
19 -mike
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