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>>>>> On Mon, 20 Jan 2020, Michael Orlitzky wrote: |
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> On 1/20/20 2:02 AM, Ulrich Mueller wrote: |
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>> Quoting FHS-3.0 again: |
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>> | On large systems (especially when the /home directories are shared |
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>> | amongst many hosts using NFS) it is useful to subdivide user home |
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>> | directories. Subdivision may be accomplished by using subdirectories |
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>> | such as /home/staff, /home/guests, /home/students, etc. |
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>> So, how are you going to detect if such a scheme is used on the system, |
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>> and in which subdirectory the amavis user should be placed? |
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> The same way we detect that scheme before setting a home directory to |
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> /var/lib/whatever, which you may notice, is not under /home/guests or |
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> anything like that. Does this cause a real technical problem, or is it |
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> just more FUD? |
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It's just awful to have a one user at second level (like /home/amavis) |
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when all others are at third level (like /home/staff/joe). |
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Besides, nothing guarantees that your username under /home won't collide |
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with an existing subdirectory name. |
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Ulrich |
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