Best mount point for shared files

["Alois Mahdal" <Alois.Mahdal.1-NDMAIL@zxcvb.cz>]

#!/usr/bin/perl

use warnings;
use IIUC;
use AFAIK;
use Knowledge::Newbie qw( learn );

my $question=<<'EOF';

Hi,

  I have a server from which I want to share files via multiple
protocols--so far it's HTTP and SMB.  The files do not reside
on the server, they are mounted from other server via NFS. I was
wondering: where to put the files?  Which is the most "Debian"
way?

  For example, I'm mounting these NFS shares to "serve":

    storage:/srv/nfs/applications
    storage:/srv/nfs/samples
    storage:/srv/nfs/tools

  I'm planning that all of them will available (to Windows stations
connected to "serve") as:

    http://serve/applications/
    http://serve/samples/
    http://serve/tools/
    \\serve\applications\
    \\serve\samples\
    \\serve\tools\

  (All shares will be read-only.  It's an isolated environment
for testing, there's no need to have access policy--anyone can
read, no-one can write.)


A) According to FHS, I should put them in /srv/smb/ for SMB
and /srv/http/ for HTTP.  But that would mean mounting each FS
to two mountpoints.  Sounds confusing to me...is it normal? Are
there any caveats with having one FS in two mountpoints?


B) I have noticed that Apache2 has, by default, DocumentRoot set
to /var/www/.  Does this mean that Apache expects me to have main
storage here?  (I know I can change DocumentRoot, but I'm trying
to learn from default settings... .-D)  Actually I'd expect to
store only index.html and such (there will be some of these).


C) Or I shoud put all to a different location and use symlinks
(I think Apache does not like this)?


D) As C), but use "mount -o bind"? Is this how bind is supposed
to be used?


I'm trying to get an idea of what is "common" or "normal". I welcome
any tips, experiences.


Thanks!
aL.

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