On Sun, 2007-01-21 at 16:48 +0000, Joe wrote: > Greg Folkert wrote: > > On Sat, 2007-01-20 at 17:41 +0000, Joe wrote: > >> Having said that, it's clearly not a bright idea to put a log file of > >> potentially unlimited size in /root. Hasn't anyone heard of /var/log? > >> And it's pretty obvious why a separate partition is useful there, even > >> for a standalone workstation. > > > > .xsession-errors is a user log for errors related to their err > > X-Session. > > > > Sot of proving that the OP logs in a root to do most if not all things. > > Otherwise .xsession-errors would not be that big in the first place. > > I realise that, but /root is rarely on a separate partition to /, > whereas /home often is. That makes /root a bad place to put any > unlimited log, even if root is the logged-in user. Something like > /var/log/root, with root permissions, might be a better idea.
Again, you side step the fact that the OP is using the "root" user for everything. And you keep trying to make it "OK" by using workarounds. And if properly setup, a critical machine should have a small "root" partition 300MB or so in size. A properly setup machine should be able to handle a *FULL* root file system. Logging in as "root" is a very forbidden thing period... and has been for a LONG time in UNIX history. -- greg, [EMAIL PROTECTED] The technology that is Stronger, better, faster: Linux
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