Re: craetion of /srv/ftp or /home/ftp by a ftpserver.deb

["Giacomo A. Catenazzi" <cate@debian.org>]

shaul Karl wrote:
> 1) (/srv/) SRV DATA FOR SERVICES PROVIDED BY SYSTEM http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/fhs/fhs-2.3.html#SRVDATAFORSERVICESPROVIDEDBYSYSTEM  asserts that:
>
>     no program should rely on a specific subdirectory structure of /srv 
>     existing or data necessarily being stored in /srv
>
> 2) (/home/) HOME USER HOME DIRECTORIES http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/fhs/fhs-2.3.html#HOMEUSERHOMEDIRECTORIES asserts that:
>
>     no program should rely on this location.
>
> Does that mean that an ftpServer.deb is not allowed to issue 
>
>     mkdir /srv/ftp
>   or
>     mkdir /home/ftp
>
> ?

My interpretation: programs should not hard code the path /home/ftp or /srv/ftp (i.e. should
be configurable).

An admin could use any directory (also with home made package).

For standard debian package, it is more tricky. I expect a question at configuration time,
and flexibility to use alternate "roots".

ciao
	cate