Re: files/dirs under /var/www/

2000-06-19 Thread Brian May
> "Ethan" == Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ethan> On Mon, Jun 05, 2000 at 08:04:07AM +0900, Olaf Meeuwissen Ethan> wrote: >> Thanks. I thought the same thing, but then noticed dwww in >> there so I started to wonder. Should I file that as a bug? >> It's only a

Re: files/dirs under /var/www/

2000-06-07 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Jun 04, 2000 at 09:43:42PM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > > > > I had this same dilemma and couldn't find anything on it in policy, so > > I just changed DocumentRoot to /usr/local/share/www. > > > > (Web files are mostly static anyway, why under

Re: files/dirs under /var/www/

2000-06-07 Thread Robert Varga
On Wed, 7 Jun 2000, Will Trillich wrote: > On Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 01:08:04AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 01:52:10PM +0900, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > > > Just a quick question: how (un)safe is it to create your own files and > > > directories below /var/www/? Are there

Re: files/dirs under /var/www/

2000-06-07 Thread Will Trillich
On Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 01:08:04AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 01:52:10PM +0900, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > > Just a quick question: how (un)safe is it to create your own files and > > directories below /var/www/? Are there any names taken (besides dwww > > and index.html)?

Re: files/dirs under /var/www/

2000-06-05 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sun, Jun 04, 2000 at 09:43:42PM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > > I had this same dilemma and couldn't find anything on it in policy, so > I just changed DocumentRoot to /usr/local/share/www. > > (Web files are mostly static anyway, why under /var?) depends on the site, some sites are indeed mo

Re: files/dirs under /var/www/

2000-06-04 Thread Ian Zimmerman
Olaf> I did that. Right now it looks quite safe to add directories and Olaf> files below /var/www, but what if a new package comes along and Olaf> decides that it needs to install all over the web pages in Olaf> /var/www/foo? Ethan> hmm /me thinks debian policy should treat /var/www like Ethan> /

Re: files/dirs under /var/www/

2000-06-04 Thread Ethan Benson
On Mon, Jun 05, 2000 at 08:22:58AM +0900, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > > I did that. Right now it looks quite safe to add directories and files > below /var/www, but what if a new package comes along and decides that > it needs to install all over the web pages in /var/www/foo? hmm /me thinks debian

Re: files/dirs under /var/www/

2000-06-04 Thread Ethan Benson
On Mon, Jun 05, 2000 at 08:04:07AM +0900, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > > Thanks. I thought the same thing, but then noticed dwww in there so I > started to wonder. Should I file that as a bug? It's only a symlink > to /var/lib/dwww/html though ... i don't know what dwww is, if its one of those doc

Re: files/dirs under /var/www/

2000-06-04 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > > > Just a quick question: how (un)safe is it to create your own files and > > directories below /var/www/? Are there any names taken (besides dwww > > and index.html)? > > Check The Contents files (which you might have on

Re: files/dirs under /var/www/

2000-06-04 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 01:52:10PM +0900, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > > Just a quick question: how (un)safe is it to create your own files and > > directories below /var/www/? Are there any names taken (besides dwww > > and index.html)? > > /var/www should

Re: files/dirs under /var/www/

2000-06-02 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > Just a quick question: how (un)safe is it to create your own files and > directories below /var/www/? Are there any names taken (besides dwww > and index.html)? Check The Contents files (which you might have on your CD, or get it from a Debian server): $ zgrep var/www

Re: files/dirs under /var/www/

2000-06-02 Thread Ethan Benson
On Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 01:52:10PM +0900, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > Just a quick question: how (un)safe is it to create your own files and > directories below /var/www/? Are there any names taken (besides dwww > and index.html)? /var/www should belong to you, i don't think any debian package will

files/dirs under /var/www/

2000-06-01 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
Just a quick question: how (un)safe is it to create your own files and directories below /var/www/? Are there any names taken (besides dwww and index.html)? Thanks, -- Olaf Meeuwissen Epson Kowa Corporation, Research and Development