Re: Experiences with FreeBSD 9.0-BETA2

Holger Kipp <Holger.Kipp@alogis.com> writes:

> Am 27.09.2011 um 10:48 schrieb Thomas Mueller:
>
>>> From Brett Glass <brett@lariat.net>:
>>
>>> Unfortunately, due to past history, /usr is mixed-use. It normally
>>> contains both configuration information -- e.g. /usr/local/etc --
>>> and more volatile data such as users' home directories. This
>>> prevents /usr/local/etc, which also contains mission-critical
>>> configuration information, from being protected if you just protect
>>> /. Some proprietary Unices have fixed this historical flaw in the
>>> traditional hierarchy by moving /usr/local/etc to another location
>>> and them symlinking it back to where seasoned administrators expect
>>> it to be, thus honoring POLA. The three open source, old school
>>> BSDs (Free, Net, Open) have not done this to date, but it's
>>> something that should be considered in the long run. It would
>>> certainly make the creation of embedded systems easier, as well as
>>> enhancing security in multi-user systems!
>>
>> You mean users' home directories are under /usr/home rather than /home?
>>
>> I believe /home is more traditional, and decidedly my preference:
>> good to put on a separate partition so it won't be touched by a
>> system upgrade.
>
> Afaik /home has always been a symlink to /usr/home (unless you created a
> separate /home-partition within FreeBSD). So it is up to the admin what
> he chooses to do.

Interesting, there is no mention of /home in hier(7). I guess it can be
anything (without symlink) unlike, say, /compat stuff which needs at
least symlink for `emulation tree' to work.
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