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

Bruce Smith bruce at armintl.com
Mon Dec 13 16:38:10 EST 2004


> 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?

Absolutely!  I was just saying on the speakers list that we should do
some more novice level presentations.

Pick your date soon while there are still a lot to choose from!

 - BS




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