From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 10 18:52:22 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 623E116A4CE for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 18:52:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from tmgcon.com (tmgcon.com [128.121.216.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACA0243FE3 for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 18:52:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gentoo@tmgcon.com) Received: from kereru.tmgcon1.co.nz (203-96-105-52.dialup.xtra.co.nz [203.96.105.52]) by tmgcon.com (8.12.10/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hAB2qJhw054194 for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 02:52:20 GMT Received: from gentoo (unknown [192.168.0.64]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by kereru.tmgcon1.co.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91A4DCFDE for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 15:52:28 +1300 (NZDT) From: Tom Munro Glass To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 15:52:23 +1300 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: <200311111353.20210.gentoo@tmgcon.com> <20031111023102.GC559@dds.nl> In-Reply-To: <20031111023102.GC559@dds.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200311111552.23084.gentoo@tmgcon.com> Subject: Re: Newbie: Correct directory for file server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 02:52:22 -0000 On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 15:31, Alex de Kruijff wrote: > On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 01:53:20PM +1300, Tom Munro Glass wrote: > > On an intranet file server, the users' private files are obviously stored > > in /usr/home/username but where is the correct place to store files that > > are common to many users? Would this be something like /usr/home/public > > or /usr/local/public or even /var/public? > > > > Thanks, > > There is no default. You can choice your own directory. Placing this in > the /usr slice or on a second disk seems reasable. /var wouldn't be > advisable. I guessed there isn't a default, but I thought there might be a convention for this and I want to follow conventions where ever possible. Tom Munro Glass