On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 03:15:57PM -0800, Shahms King wrote:
/srv - user data for services not owned by a single specific user there ie:
So . . . remind me how this is different (fundamentally) from /var ?
/var is variable transient data. Users don't edit files there; programs do. It's spools and caches and logs.
/srv may contain a mix of user data and program data, including executable scripts (definitely a no-no in /var!). And, backup strategies for these filesystems is likely to differ from those for /var.
/home/www was a problem, but /var/www is also very very not right.
/media - all the removable media and silliness there.
And why isn't /mnt adequate for removable media?
I thknk this one is silly. Historically, some people are accustomed to using /mnt as a temporary mount point. Therefore, having subdirectores that might be in use would be Terrible.