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Date:      Tue, 09 Nov 1999 16:17:20 -0500 (EST)
From:      John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu>
To:        Alejandro Ramirez <ales@megared.net.mx>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, Fawaz Talal <bsdi@usa.net>
Subject:   RE: Partitioning
Message-ID:  <199911092117.QAA50841@server.baldwin.cx>
In-Reply-To: <003d01bf2ae3$7b5d0620$fba3f9cf@megared.net.mx>

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On 09-Nov-99 Alejandro Ramirez wrote:
>> Hiya folks,
> 
> Hi,
> 
>  > I have installed FreeBSD 3.2-Release and set partitions as the
> following:
>> /       :50MB
>> <swap>  :130MB "Since I have 64MB SDRAM"
>> /usr    :The rest of my 6.4GB Hard Drive
>>
>> My question: Is it correct to set /var  as the following way:
>> #mkdir /usr/var
>> #ln -s /usr/var /var
> 
> Yes, and maybe do the same with /tmp, but with /tmp you should do
> ths:
>#chmod 1755 /usr/tmp
>#ln -s /usr/tmp /tmp

errmm.. shouldn't that be 1777 instead of 1755?  Everyone needs to be
able to create files in /tmp.

> Have Fun...
> Ales

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