[Novices] directories (was permissions & sharing between users)

[Mike Williams]

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>From: Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam at whitemice.org>
>Subject: Re: [Novices] permissions & sharing between users
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>>> Basically, I have a computer at the office with a set domain name and 
>>> sftp enabled (but no web serving or anything).  I'd like users I've set 
>>> up to be able to log in and download / upload files from / to a "public" 
>>> directory of some kind.  First, how would I make a directory like that, 
>>> and where's the standard place to put it?  /usr/share or something?
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>It should be in /var, such as /var/ftp or /var/sftp, unless you're on
>SuSe where the kosher place is /srv/ftp or /srv/sftp, etc...
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I think on my server I ended up putting server directories under /home 
and the user account for that service. 

Ah, the fun of File System Hierarchy in Linux.  Not only do we get /bin 
and /sbin, but there are versions of  the above in /usr and /usr/local.  
And of course there's /opt, /home, /srv and a lot more junk in /var than 
you might think.  Does anybody actually follow the "official" standard 
for much of anything, or does everybody just put stuff where it seems to 
work?

Think it's worth making a presentation out of this?