i know that one reason for /root not being in /home is that usually /home is mounted on a different disk and if it were to fail, we still want root to be accessible. What are some of the other reasons for this structure?
I've been reading the FHS specification on http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html to figure out where a (private) SSH keyfile should be stored that will be used for a VPS administration panel I am currently working on. This keyfile should only be available to the master server (the one it is placed on), and will be used to tunnel libvirt communication over SSH.
From my understanding, this means the keyfile should be stored in a subdirectory in /etc, as it is static and host-specific. Is this correct?
I look exactly the same :
But What makes me suprised is that they are synchronous.
I can't decipher the deciding factor on where to place "variable program data" for an /opt installed package. On one hand the FHS says to place all variable data that dictates a program's state into /var/lib and that this data should stick around after a reboot. It also says this data is host specific. Now the FHS also says that the /var/opt directory should house opt "variable data". So.. lets just say I have installed a package and I have the option of setting its "working directory (this is how the package names this path)". Where should I put it?
For reference See:
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#VARLIBVARIABLESTATEINFORMATION http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#VAROPTVARIABLEDATAFOROPT
Note that this question naturally extends to /usr/local variable data as well.
I'm setting up a RHEL web server which will host static and dynamic content for several domain names. Multiple users will update files by SSH and SFTP.
Where should the files for each domain name be placed? On my default system, there is a single /var/www/, but no clue as how to locate multiple domains.
Looking at the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html), it seems the best option is:
/srv/example.com/www/
/srv/example.org/www/
Any preferences?