Re: Fstab Questions (Final time)

[Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net>]

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Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 17, 2019 at 07:43:42AM -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
>> Finally, here is what I am proposing adding to the fstab:
>> 
>> UUID=900b5f0b-4f3d-4a64-8c91-29aee4c6fd07 /sdb1 ext4 rw,users,defaults 0 0
>> UUID=1f363165-2c59-4236-850d-36d1e807099e /sdc1 ext4 rw,users,defaults 0 0
>
> You keep mounting file systems on directories that are named for transient
> and fluid device names that have no MEANING or CONSISTENCY.
>
> The place where you mount a file system should have a meaningful name
> that tells you what the file system IS, or what it's FOR.  Is it your
> collection of shark attack movies?  Then name it /shark or something.
> Not /sdc1.

I'm bad with the FHS, but shouldn't say your shark-attack movies be
somewhere in /usr(/local) ?  maybe /srv if you're running a media
server?

Or is there some caveat that allows for mounting new partitions into
the root directory, while remaining "FHS compliant"?


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