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Bug#167422: general: files in /usr/share should be world-readable



On Sun, Nov 10, 2002 at 10:02:42PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> One such thing that can be shared, but which should also be secret, is
> a nethack bones level file.  That shouldn't go in /var, because it
> *should* be shared normally by a group of cooperating machines.

Portions of /var are sharable:

       Here is a summarizing chart.  This chart is only an example for a common
       FHS-compliant system, other chart layouts are possible within FHS-
       compliance.

                      +---------+-----------------+-------------+
                      |         | shareable       | unshareable |
                      +---------+-----------------+-------------+
                      |static   | /usr            | /etc        |
                      |         | /opt            | /boot       |
                      +---------+-----------------+-------------+
                      |variable | /var/mail       | /var/run    |
                      |         | /var/spool/news | /var/lock   |
                      +---------+-----------------+-------------+

If you want to share nethack bones files, you put them in /var/games/nethack,
or similar, then share it.

Cheers,
aj

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