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Re: /var/run and scripts



On Wed, 3 Sep 2003 12:00, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 11:31:28AM +1000, Russell Coker wrote:
> > On Wed, 3 Sep 2003 11:25, Pierre THIERRY wrote:
> > > > If not where should it be?
> > >
> > > What about /usr/local/<package> or /var/opt/<package>? The former seems
> > > to be the best one, to me...
> >
> > /usr/local is not good for files that will be created automatically from
> > programs that are part of a package, it should be reserved for files
> > created by the administrator.
> >
> > /var/opt sounds reasonable.
>
> The /var/opt directory corresponds to /opt, and is not available for
> Debian package use.

Given that /var/tmp is bad for security, what would you suggest?

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