Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 04:34:42 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "Doug Reynolds" <mav@wastegate.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: /var/ is full Message-ID: <15339.45378.72132.584400@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <55395482@toto.iv>
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Doug Reynolds <mav@wastegate.net> types: > On Thu, 8 Nov 2001 09:34:26 -0800 (PST), Dylan Carlson wrote: > > >I think it should be mentioned that the Auto option in the FreeBSD installer > >makes quite undersized /var mounts (IMO)... and in fact I think the default is > >20MB. > > > >I would propose making this default to something 60-100MB in the next RELEASE. > >20MB isn't suitable for what most people seem to be doing anymore. > > the last install i did, i mounted everything on the root. it seems to > be working great. i am wondering if there are any security issues with > that tho. The only security issues that show up are related to NFS - you can only export a filesystem with one set of permissions. If you wanted to export parts of it r/w and parts r/o, that can't be done. The other issue is if you're planning on creating anything of your own. Putting that on a different file system than the system proper is on means you can reinstall the system - including newfs'ing the system partitions - without disturbing what you've created. I tend to wind up doing things like so: Server: / and /var, with /var holding all the content. /home is on /, but shouldn't have anything real on it. Nothing is backed up. Low-end workstation: / and /home, with /home holding all the content. Selected parts of / are tared to /home, and /home is backed up. Build system: /, /usr (exported r/o), /share (exported r/w), /home with /usr/obj, PACKAGES and DISTDIR all on /share. / and /home are backed up. Note that all the configuration files for the the systems are stored in a source code control system. Restoring a systems complete configuration takes exactly one command. Servers are configured so that the real content lives on a system that isn't exposed to the world, and mirrored to the server after the content has been approved. Restoring content takes - again - one command. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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