Re: Partition Sizing
Todd (todd@unm.edu)
Thu, 22 Jul 1999 13:45:28 -0600 (MDT)
On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, Zack Weinberg wrote:
>
> It is probably possible to mount /usr, /var, and /home nodev, which
> closes a few more holes. Some Unixes disable named pipes and sockets
> too when you do that, which breaks lots of stuff. I hope Linux
> doesn't. Another potential problem is that some broken programs
> (*cough* qmail *cough*) insist on putting executables in /var. If you
> have any, repair them - with a sledgehammer, if necessary.
>
this, too, is easy to fix (and many people do). just put the qmail files
somewhere else (say /usr/local/qmail) and add a symlink in /var/.
todd underwood
todd@unm.edu
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