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Re: files/dirs under /var/www/



Peter S Galbraith <GalbraithP@dfo-mpo.gc.ca> writes:

> Olaf Meeuwissen wrote:
> 
> > Just a quick question: how (un)safe is it to create your own files and
> > directories below /var/www/?  Are there any names taken (besides dwww
> > and index.html)?
> 
> Check The Contents files (which you might have on your CD, or get
> it from a Debian server):
> 
> $ zgrep var/www Contents-i386.gz | more
> 
> Mostly very safe.  index.html is meant to be replaced, no package
> owns it (in the sense that it would disppear after removing a
> package).

I did that. Right now it looks quite safe to add directories and files
below /var/www, but what if a new package comes along and decides that
it needs to install all over the web pages in /var/www/foo?
-- 
Olaf Meeuwissen       Epson Kowa Corporation, Research and Development



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