Olaf> I did that. Right now it looks quite safe to add directories and Olaf> files below /var/www, but what if a new package comes along and Olaf> decides that it needs to install all over the web pages in Olaf> /var/www/foo?
Ethan> hmm /me thinks debian policy should treat /var/www like Ethan> /usr/local packages should be forbidden from touching it (at Ethan> all, even no directories) the only exception should be apache Ethan> when first installed should be allowed to put a example Ethan> index.html file only if /var/www did not exist upon install (as Ethan> it works now). Ethan> policy may already state this i don't recall (and don't have Ethan> time to look it up atm) I had this same dilemma and couldn't find anything on it in policy, so I just changed DocumentRoot to /usr/local/share/www. (Web files are mostly static anyway, why under /var?) -- Ian Zimmerman, Oakland, California, U.S.A. In his own soul a man bears the source from which he draws all his sorrows and his joys. Sophocles.
