Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 06:35:12 -0400 From: Frank Laszlo <laszlof@vonostingroup.com> To: Babak Farrokhi <babak@farrokhi.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation directory best practices Message-ID: <44B621E0.5030909@vonostingroup.com> In-Reply-To: <000001c6a662$bce0e920$36a2bb60$@net> References: <000001c6a662$bce0e920$36a2bb60$@net>
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Babak Farrokhi wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wonder if there is any particular guideline for installation of web based
> application (the ports which install web pages, like www/wordpress,
> www/serendipity or databases/phpmyadmin).
>
> Some ports install web pages into "www/${PORTNAME}" while others install
> into "www/data-dist/${PORTNAME}" or even into "share/${PORTNAME}".
> However most of these ports let you override the installation path by
> defining particular variables, but user should review Makefile before
> installation to find out which variable should be set.
>
I believe that installing into www/data-dist/${PORTNAME} is a security
risk, installing unconfigured applications into a web readable directory
is bad.
-Frank
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