On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Luke -Jr [email protected] wrote:
On Thursday 03 April 2008, Oren Beck wrote:
"The Zen of Everything being a file" so far has not covered the WHERE we put the files!
Sure it has.
Anyhow, you should define what you mean by "data".
/usr should always be read-only OS files-- it's generally considered safe to mount it read-only in everyday use. /usr/local is another matter, if you use it, and not as well defined.
More read-only OS directories: /bin /boot /lib /sbin
Configuration should all be in /etc, /usr/local/etc (on some OS), and /home/*/.*
User data will always be in /home/* (or /root for root of course).
Daemon data is kept in /var
Good catch on my potential misstatement of the file description. /usr is indeed what you reminded me. I used the term /user to denote a "named_user" data file.
Yet the core concept is not the merit lacking proposal that it seems to be, IF the "user data" and the operating System" are detached devices- live can get easier for us. Details later.