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Re: packages that are touching /srv?



On 2/5/20 7:36 PM, Paul Wise wrote:
> AFAICT from Debian's FHS
> documentation, since /srv is laid out differently on different hosts
> packages should not rely on a particular layout. My interpretation is
> of this is that packages should never touch /srv unless directed to do
> so by the sysadmin.

That's been my interpretation too. My expectation as a sysadmin is that
/srv is available for my _exclusive_ use.

> FTP servers that default to using /srv/ftp to serve files.
> TFTP servers that default to using /srv/tftp to serve files.
> These also use those dirs as user home directories.

I actually use both /srv/ftp and /srv/tftp, but I still don't think
those are acceptable defaults.

> I wonder if any of these should be changed?

FWIW, I would say yes.

-- 
Richard

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