Experiences with FreeBSD 9.0-BETA2

[Holger Kipp]

Am 27.09.2011 um 10:48 schrieb Thomas Mueller:

>> From Brett Glass <brett at lariat.net>:
>
>> Unfortunately, due to past history, /usr is mixed-use. It normally
>> contains both configuration information -- e.g. /usr/local/etc --
>> and more volatile data such as users' home directories. This
>> prevents /usr/local/etc, which also contains mission-critical
>> configuration information, from being protected if you just protect
>> /. Some proprietary Unices have fixed this historical flaw in the
>> traditional hierarchy by moving /usr/local/etc to another location
>> and them symlinking it back to where seasoned administrators expect
>> it to be, thus honoring POLA. The three open source, old school
>> BSDs (Free, Net, Open) have not done this to date, but it's
>> something that should be considered in the long run. It would
>> certainly make the creation of embedded systems easier, as well as
>> enhancing security in multi-user systems!
>
> You mean users' home directories are under /usr/home rather than /home?
>
> I believe /home is more traditional, and decidedly my preference: good to put on a separate partition so it won't be touched by a system upgrade.

Afaik /home has always been a symlink to /usr/home (unless you created a
separate /home-partition within FreeBSD). So it is up to the admin what
he chooses to do.

Best regards,
Holger





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