I have been reading about HD partitioning for server systems and security
and am wondering what others think about the topic. This is a somewhat
personal topic as well since I am getting ready to reinstall my system.
I have read that it is a good idea to have a boot partition and a root
partition. As far as I can tell the only reason for this is to ensure the
boot partition is below the 1024th Cylindar. Does anyone know if this is
true?
The other recommended partitions are /, /var, /var/log, /home, /usr,
/usr/local, /home and swap. The reasoning behind these as I understand it is
as follow.
/var - to store email, news and other variable information
/var/log - to store log files (on a separate partition on
email systems so as a syslog DOS attack can not
drop email services)
/usr - stores system wide programs (on redhat the RPM files)
[mounted ro to prevent changes]
/usr/local - all other applications on a separate partition limiting
errors during updates. [mounted rw]
/home - User personal files.
Does anyone know formulas to assist with the decision on how big to make
each of these filesystems and does this seem excessive on a production
server?
Also where is the recommended place to create storage space for group
projects, I am assuming /usr/local? Is it a bad idea to move the web pages
from /home/httpd/ to /usr/local/www?
Thanks for any assistance and suggestions on configuration?
Chad
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