Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:42:58 +0000 From: krad <kraduk@gmail.com> To: "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws> Cc: David Cornejo <dave@dogwood.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, "Thomas Mueller <mueller6727"@bellsouth.net Subject: Re: /usr/home vs /home Message-ID: <CALfReyc2Bw5r%2BSZFg2g-nUWc%2BYpyx=Z0qN%2BABVArN9GB-X87-Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CADGWnjVTWM2D5mmCiVsbwO=SBQhepjYGHn3MKPHTWusqKkcgsg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAFnjQbvMRey=zM_1BvjF%2Bs=2sWfYDwFoi_pB7BJiJ9aS9Ud5ag@mail.gmail.com> <20111122080542.5c993efe@zelda.sugioarto.com> <20111122103043.82377106564A@hub.freebsd.org> <CADGWnjVTWM2D5mmCiVsbwO=SBQhepjYGHn3MKPHTWusqKkcgsg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 22 November 2011 13:36, C. P. Ghost <cpghost@cordula.ws> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 11:30 AM, <"Thomas Mueller > <mueller6727"@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > But I don't see any advantage to putting /, /usr, and /var on separate > partitions. > > > > Tom > > Regarding separate /usr and /var: the advantage is that you can > keep /usr read-only which is also important for security reasons > since modifying system binaries becomes less easy. > > Furthermore, you can NFS share a read-only /usr among many > similar machines, while /var is a per-machine specific read-write > area. > > -cpghost. > > -- > Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I always have /var and /tmp on separate file systems than /, but dont normally have a separate /usr, bur I have a /usr/local. I like to keep the /var and /tmp fs separate as they as other are mentioned. Therefore they are more prone to corruption in event of the power failure. Keeping / separate in this case should make the system more likely to reboot. Also it stops application filling up / which can stop you logging into the system (I havent seen this issue for year admittedly) /usr/local is just for tidyness as it keeps base os separate from ports etc I also have /home on a separate as well to stops users filling up root as well. my zfsroot boxes have this setup as well, but i also add a few reservations and quotas.
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