Quoting Tollef Fog Heen (2014-11-22 21:52:10) > ]] Jonas Smedegaard > >> Quoting Russ Allbery (2014-11-22 18:01:12) >>> I also like the idea of not having ssh depend on all local file >>> systems to be mounted. I think it's going to be pretty rare to have >>> a system that has /lib and /etc mounted but can't start ssh. In >>> theory, that's possible with a split / and /usr, but as we've >>> discussed in other threads, that's an extremely unusual >>> configuration these days. >> >> It surprises me that it is considered "extremely unusual": It is an >> option offered in stable debian-installer without any advanced >> trickery (just select LVM and pick the last option) - I quite >> commonly use that, and would be surprised if I am alone in that. >> >> I pick that option to avoid e.g. video editing that accidentally >> fills $HOME to wreak havoc on postfix processing (only stall local >> delivery). > > How does having /usr on a separate file system help with this? I > could understand if you'd put /var on a separate file system, but /usr > won't help you here. I believe that's besides the point. Please read my full post again - seems this is exactly what I already reflected on that in the part you snipped in above quote. Regards, - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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