The User-Accessible Filesystem Hierarchy Standard [LWN.net]

The User-Accessible Filesystem Hierarchy Standard

Posted Apr 9, 2004 14:34 UTC (Fri) by nix (subscriber, #2304)
In reply to: The User-Accessible Filesystem Hierarchy Standard by raytd
Parent article: The User-Accessible Filesystem Hierarchy Standard

(That said, I agree that nobody should be sharing files or directories within their home directory. There are other/ better/safer ways to achieve the same result.)

If those other ways require work as root, then I and many others working in places with grossly overloaded syadmins can't use them. It generally takes multiple years for the admins of the net at my workplace to act on a request to type a one-line command. Running stuff out of my $HOME, and providing scripts that let others use the same things, is the only practical option.

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The User-Accessible Filesystem Hierarchy Standard

Posted Apr 9, 2004 21:03 UTC (Fri) by raytd (guest, #4823) [Link]

I was thinking of sharing data and/or code through /var/tmp, or something similar.

It just sounded to me as though some of these fellas have a full-time job thwarting crackers and script kiddies that have a *valid* login. I might expect that at a university, but I hope that's not the norm elsewhere.