Re: Filesystem layout and hi everybody

2000-09-25 Thread Ethan Benson
On Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 06:25:21AM +0200, Florian Friesdorf wrote: > > This posting is rather old, but for completeness: > > I needed to put an DPkg:: in front of the lines, to make them work. actually that is because i left out part of my config file, yours is correct, but there is another way

Re: Filesystem layout and hi everybody

2000-09-25 Thread Florian Friesdorf
On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 09:49:18PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > and add this to your /etc/apt/apt.conf to make the remount automatic > when you use apt-get to install or upgrade something: > > // Auto re-mounting of a readonly /usr > Pre-Invoke {"mount -o remount,rw /usr";}; > Post-Invoke {"suidre

Re: Filesystem layout and hi everybody

2000-09-06 Thread Ethan Benson
On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 11:28:33AM -0400, S.Salman Ahmed wrote: > Another question relating to FS layout and organization: which > partitions should be mounted NOSUID ? Someone on another (local) mailing > list recommended that I mount /home NOSUID as a security precaution. the better question is

Re: Filesystem layout and hi everybody

2000-09-05 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 02:08:32PM +0200, Juli-Manel Merino Vidal wrote: :On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 09:07:09PM -0400, Jonathan D. Proulx wrote: : :> /500M : :So much? Yeh, your right... I'd be comfortable at 250M since /var and /tmp are split off. : :> /usr 5G :> /usr/local 3G

Re: Filesystem layout and hi everybody

2000-09-05 Thread Juli-Manel Merino Vidal
On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 09:07:09PM -0400, Jonathan D. Proulx wrote: > / 500M So much? > /usr 5G > /usr/local3G > /var 1.5G (keep cahe/apt/archives there too) > /tmp 500M > /home 7G (why mess with /misc too if you're the only user) I would like

Re: Filesystem layout and hi everybody

2000-09-05 Thread Nate Amsden
on my systems i dont like more then 120-130MB of swap per physical hd, more then that(unless the drive is _really_ fast) could drag the system down real bad. i usually make it a rule for me to include a 128MB swap partition per hd no matter how much/little ram i have. the box im on now is 512MB, wi

Re: Filesystem layout and hi everybody

2000-09-05 Thread Danny Pansters
Hi, this might be a bit off-topic, but I've read in several manuals that a swap over 128 MB doesn't make much sense, but I never understood why. Can anyone enlight me on that? I'm using 128 MB of RAM and have a 128 MB swap, which is fine, but pretty soon I'll be putting together a server box

Re: Filesystem layout and hi everybody

2000-09-05 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"kmself" == kmself writes: kmself> On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 07:49:27PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> These are optional. >> /opt 2048 MB No suid. Place to play with non vendor stuff kmself> Symlink to /usr/local instead. Simpler space management, fewer kmself> partitions.

Re: Filesystem layout and hi everybody

2000-09-05 Thread kmself
On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 09:56:02PM +0200, Juli-Manel Merino Vidal wrote: > Well, I have think the following organization: > > / of 100 mb in a primary partition at the beginning of the disk, so > lilo or grub can boot it. > /usr of 3 gb (no comments... but should it be bigger?) > /usr/local of

Re: Filesystem layout and hi everybody

2000-09-05 Thread kmself
On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 07:49:27PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > These are optional. > /opt 2048 MB No suid. Place to play with non vendor stuff Symlink to /usr/local instead. Simpler space management, fewer partitions. > /var/spool 12 GB No suid This is where my new

Re: Filesystem layout and hi everybody

2000-09-05 Thread Ethan Benson
On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 11:39:37PM -0600, Dave Thayer wrote: > On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 12:58:46AM -0400, S.Salman Ahmed wrote: > > Why would you want to mount /usr read-only ? > > In addition to the security issues mentioned by other posters, for > those of us without a UPS mounting large partiti

Re: Filesystem layout and hi everybody

2000-09-05 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
"S.Salman Ahmed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > "OM" == Olaf Meeuwissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> split /usr amd /usr/local if they're just partitions on the same > >> drive? > I could see doing that if they were on seperate disks > >> to gain a little bump > in access spe

Re: Filesystem layout and hi everybody

2000-09-05 Thread Dave Thayer
On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 12:58:46AM -0400, S.Salman Ahmed wrote: > Why would you want to mount /usr read-only ? In addition to the security issues mentioned by other posters, for those of us without a UPS mounting large partitions r-o can save waiting for fsck to do its thing after a power flicker

Re: Filesystem layout and hi everybody

2000-09-05 Thread Gregg C
From: "S.Salman Ahmed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Filesystem layout and hi everybody Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 00:58:46 -0400 >>>>> "OM" == Olaf Meeuwissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Re: Filesystem layout and hi everybody

2000-09-04 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 12:58:46AM -0400, S.Salman Ahmed wrote: > Why would you want to mount /usr read-only ? A small added measure of security... Prevent accidental deletions... -- /bin/sh ~/.signature: Command not found

Re: Filesystem layout and hi everybody

2000-09-04 Thread Gregg C
From: Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Gregg C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Filesystem layout and hi everybody Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 19:03:28 -0800 On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 10:34:23PM -0400, Gregg C wrote: > Why split /usr

Re: Filesystem layout and hi everybody

2000-09-04 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 10:34:23PM -0400, Gregg C wrote: > > Why split /usr amd /usr/local if they're just partitions on the same > drive? > > I could see doing that if they were on seperate disks to gain a little > bump > > in access speed. > > so if

Re: Filesystem layout and hi everybody

2000-09-04 Thread Ethan Benson
On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 10:34:23PM -0400, Gregg C wrote: > Why split /usr amd /usr/local if they're just partitions on the same drive? > I could see doing that if they were on seperate disks to gain a little bump > in access speed. so if you decide to reinstall the OS clean you can run mkfs on /

Re: Filesystem layout and hi everybody

2000-09-04 Thread Gregg C
Why split /usr amd /usr/local if they're just partitions on the same drive? I could see doing that if they were on seperate disks to gain a little bump in access speed. From: "Jonathan D. Proulx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Fil

Re: Filesystem layout and hi everybody

2000-09-04 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 09:56:02PM +0200, Juli-Manel Merino Vidal wrote: :Well, I have think the following organization: : :/ of 100 mb in a primary partition at the beginning of the disk, so : lilo or grub can boot it. :/usr of 3 gb (no comments... but should it be bigger?) :/usr/local of 1,5 gb

Re: Filesystem layout and hi everybody

2000-09-04 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Juli-Manel" == Juli-Manel Merino Vidal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Juli-Manel> I know the answer could differ A LOT from each person, but never Juli-Manel> mind. I just want oppinions. Well, here;s my take on the partitioning issue: /boot32MBGenereally mounted read-on