From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 27 17:16:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA16410 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 27 Apr 1998 17:16:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pollux.loco.net (lucy.bedford.net [206.99.145.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA16379 for ; Mon, 27 Apr 1998 17:16:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from listread@bedford.net) Received: (from listread@localhost) by pollux.loco.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA03779 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 27 Apr 1998 20:16:02 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from listread) Message-Id: <199804280016.UAA03779@pollux.loco.net> Subject: Writable /usr? To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 20:16:02 -0400 (EDT) From: CyberPeasant Reply-To: djv@bedford.net X-no-archive: yes X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG As a newcomer to FreeBSD but a greybeard in the unix world, can I politely ask why FreeBSD seems intent on making /usr a writable partition? In another thread, someone reports that the user guide recommends locating /tmp and /var on /usr. I believe I've seen recommendations to supply users' home directories in the /usr partition, too. (The default installation script sets you up without a /home partition.) What's the rationale for this? Isn't readonly /usr (and /, if possible) a Good Thing anymore? Dave -- <----. mailto/pgpfinger: djv@bedford.net <----|=================================== <----' Crathva fxrjre To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message