Re: *nix partitioning practices

> [email protected] wrote:
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
>> On
>> Behalf Of Jeff Willis
>> Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 1:41 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: *nix partitioning practices
>>
>>> [email protected] wrote:
>>>> 8GB  - SWAP  (4GB RAM)
>>>> 1GB  -  /    (root)
>>>> 15GB - /var  (qmail puts everything in there)
>>>> 10GB - /usr  (base binaries and ports)
>>>> 10GB - /usr/local   (additional binaries I install)
>>>> 200GB - /home    I used to just have one home fs, but I found that it
>>>> 200GB - /home2    makes for very long amanda restores for a customer
>>>> site
>>
>>
>>> I would also add a /tmp partition.  Having root fill-up isn't pleasant
>>> plus having /tmp on a separate partition means the root file system is
>>> changed less often so fsck is faster and more reliable after an unclean
>>> shutdown.
>>
>> Agreed.  I'd also point out that having a separate partition for /tmp
>> allows
>> you to set /tmp as noexec which foils a healthy percentage of script
>> kiddie
>> exploit scripts.
>>
>> Andrew
>>
> I always set up with /boot, /, /tmp, /home (where users dump things) and
> /var (where Linux dumps things).  That covers most of the accidental
> system disk fill ups.
> SG
>

Since /var/log is a traditional logging destination, server distros in
linux are often built with that as a separate partition - again to avoid
having a logging spree fill up /var or / and gumming up the box.

BTW, I really like the noexec on /tmp idea!!!!!!!


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