Re: /usr vs. root was: /etc /usr/etc
On Sat, 5 Jul 1997, Vadim Vygonets wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Jul 1997, Vincent Renardias wrote:
>
> > > I just checked and my /etc takes about 2MB. Is that 1MB you want to
> > > move to /usr and therefore make root partition smaller we are talking
> > > about???
> >
> > $ du -sk /etc
> > 1226 /etc
> >
> > => only 1.2 MB on my machine (which also happen to be nfs/appletalk/samba
> > server + ISDN gateway)
> >
> > (As comparison, /lib contains 5.7 MB, /bin contains 4 MB, ...)
>
> /lib and /bin can't be reduced. Ok, let's put it like this. Things
> that belong to root partition are programs, conffiles, libraries etc
> that must be machine-local (hostname, passwd, exports, XF86Config), or
> are essential at boot time (init, /etc/init.d, libs, /bin/{u,}mount),
> or are essential for maintainance, when you boot in single-user mode,
> before you mount /usr (shells, /bin/ls, /bin/ed, and, actually,
> everything you may fine in /bin... Huh, what does vlock do there?).
> Things that belong to /usr partition are programs, conffiles, libs etc
> which are site-wide and not essential for boot or maintainance.
This is only a minor problem. More important is that your suggestion
relies on either:
1/ a 'yet to be written' librarie function.
or
2/ a still unofficial kernel patch.
Not to mention the security implications of such a setup. Can you guaranty
that such a setup does not open security problems?
IMHO, this thread is off-topic on the Debian mailing-list and should be
redirected on the FHS-discuss mailing list.
(This message ends my 'contribution' to this thread.)
Cordialement,
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