CentOS - Jun 2015 - newbie question on installation over existing Linux

On 06/09/2015 01:31 PM, g wrote:
>> /home in a dedicated partition, sure.
> 
> only way i have done it from many years back.
> 
>> /var/lib/${DATABASE_OR_WEB_SERVER}, ditto...
> 
> if/when i set up a server.
Servers are better off without a separate partition for /home.  Unlike
desktop installs which contain pretty much all of the user data under
/home in a server install there isn't very much "user" data at all
and
most of the actual data is contained under /var somewhere.

That said, if you plan on having multiple users who will store some data
in their individual /home directories then /home might be in order for a
server, it all depends on your individual needs, it's just that on a
server I don't automatically create a massive /home like I would on a
desktop.


Peter

On 06/08/2015 08:35 PM, Peter wrote:
> On 06/09/2015 01:31 PM, g wrote:
>>> /home in a dedicated partition, sure.
>>
>> only way i have done it from many years back.
>>
>>> /var/lib/${DATABASE_OR_WEB_SERVER}, ditto...
>>
>> if/when i set up a server.
>
> Servers are better off without a separate partition for /home.  Unlike
> desktop installs which contain pretty much all of the user data under
> /home in a server install there isn't very much "user" data
at all and
> most of the actual data is contained under /var somewhere.
>
> That said, if you plan on having multiple users who will store some data
> in their individual /home directories then /home might be in order for a
> server, it all depends on your individual needs, it's just that on a
> server I don't automatically create a massive /home like I would on a
> desktop.
"every server has a story". :-D

"if the foo shits, wear it". ;-)


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g
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On 6/8/2015 6:35 PM, Peter wrote:
> On 06/09/2015 01:31 PM, g wrote:
>>> >>/home in a dedicated partition, sure.
>> >
>> >only way i have done it from many years back.
>> >
>>> >>/var/lib/${DATABASE_OR_WEB_SERVER}, ditto...
>> >
>> >if/when i set up a server.
> Servers are better off without a separate partition for /home.  Unlike
> desktop installs which contain pretty much all of the user data under
> /home in a server install there isn't very much "user" data
at all and
> most of the actual data is contained under /var somewhere.

I tend to install my virtual host websites under 
/home/someuser/public_html where there's a someuser for each vhost. the 
default /var/www website is generally completely stubbed off and not 
even used.



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On 06/09/2015 02:13 PM, John R Pierce wrote:
> I tend to install my virtual host websites under
> /home/someuser/public_html where there's a someuser for each vhost. the
> default /var/www website is generally completely stubbed off and not
> even used.
That was actually one of the scenarios that I had in mind when I added
the 2nd paragraph to my comment (that you snipped).


Peter