[ALUG] Where to put HTML etc.?

[Chris G]

On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 11:58:54AM +0000, Paul wrote:
> On Saturday 29 December 2007 10:39, Chris G wrote:
> > > That won't matter as you are already backing /var up aren't you?
> >
> > Yes, but that *shouldn't* be necessary.  The whole point of /var
> > according to the standards is that there is *nothing* there that needs
> > backing up
> 
> Disagree - /var/mail, /var/lib, and possibly /var/cache should be backed up as 
> much of the meta data related to installed packages reside there. Backing 
> up /var/log is advisable should you ever need to do any forensics after a 
> system has been hacked.
> 
Ah but /var/mail in particular is suggested may be a link to somewhere
in the /home hierarchy isn't it?


> [current spec can be found at http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html ]
> 
> As for web files (html, tarballs, general "stuff"), much of it goes 
> in /var/www, some in /home/<usr>/stuff, and a great gob of files in /debian - 
> Anything outside of /var/www gets symlinks.. Bottom line, your system, your 
> choice ;-)
> 
Exactly, but I'm trying to come up with a strategy that isn't just a
confused mess.

-- 
Chris Green