On Fri, 23 Apr 1999, Peter Haworth wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> > On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Pike wrote:
> >
> > > I wish I could list exactly what to change where here, but hell,
> > > qmail has spread itself all across the filesystem randomly.
>
> Randomly? Surely everything goes in /var/qmail, the exception being users'
> .qmail files?
Pike said `randomly', I'd say, hmm, "sensible, but not compliant to the
standard (and not the way I'd do it)".
> > BTW, I wondered why qmail is not compliant to fsstnd? All the config files
> > should reside at /etc/qmail, the docs at /usr/doc/qmail or
> > /usr/local/doc/qmail, the binaries at /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin,
> > respectively. Only /var/qmail/queue should be placed under /var, perhaps as
> > /var/qmailq.
>
> Personally, I prefer having each application in its own directory, with
> symlinks from the common locations.
I prefer it this, too.
> nothing stopping you from installing qmail in /some/other/path, and symlinking
> /some/other/path/queue -> /var/qmailq (actually, it would be easier to create
> the symlink first, so the queue gets created on the right disk).
Afaik it's not exactly recommended to create numerous symlinks. You'd have
to link really a lot of files to different directories (spreading these
links across the FS `randomly';_). That's what kept me from using links.
And currently I'm not backing up /var since you don't get far with 150MB
tapes these days. Having the binaries and config files installed on a
partition mounted read-only is a much better choice than having them on a
partition that stores files that are often modified. (Of course, qmail
cannot be blamed for missing backups.)
> > The ~/.qmail files I'd suggest to put into ~/etc/qmail, rather than
>
> The point of putting them in users' home directories is so that the users can
> maintain their own aliases without having to bother the sysadmin. This is a
> very good thing.
Hm, what I meant was an `etc' directory in the users home directory, like
`/home/peter/etc', still allowing user to change these files theirselfes
(themselfes?).
> > Is there good reason to place more or less static files --- not to mention
> > an application specific hierarchy that could even be put into /opt/qmail
> > (except for the queue) --- under /var?
>
> I guess Dan wanted to have everything in one directory, but some of it was
> appropriate for /var, so that's where it all went.
Well, I think I'll try to move everything from /var/qmail except for the
queue to /opt then ...
GH
