RE: [Firebird-devel] File locations on Unix

[Rick D. <rd...@ac...>]

> We already had this discussion some time ago.

Yeah, Ann twigged me to that.  ISRC the issue was different distros not
having enough commonality in their file locations.  By now most should
support the latest FHS pretty well.  I'll come up with a matrix showing
lack of support, and maybe FB can be FHS compliant for FB 3.=20

> don't place security database into /var

It's the only place that's guaranteed to be writable, besides /home (if
it exists) and /tmp (which would be a bad idea :-).

Our OS installation is designed to meet auditability and security
requirements, while not straying from accepted standards.  All
applications have to conform, and one of the requirements is that
everything except for /var, /tmp, and /home be read-only (unfortunately
read-only root is difficult on Suse and we may have to pass on that for
now).

-----Original Message-----
From: fir...@li...
[mailto:fir...@li...] On Behalf Of Alex
Peshkov
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 1:55 AM
To: fir...@li...
Subject: Re: [Firebird-devel] File locations on Unix

Rick Debay wrote:
> I'm working on a new installation on Suse Linux, and I notice that=20
> actively written files are installed in the /opt hierarchy.  I'd like=20
> to suggest that Firebird follow the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard and=20
> place these files under /var.
>=20
> /var/lock/firebird/isc_lock1.linux
> /var/opt/firebird/log/firebird.log
> /var/opt/firebird/data/security2.fdb
>=20

We already had this discussion some time ago. Feel free to relocate
files in your package. But please don't place security database into
/var - it should be kept at some better place to avoid loosing it in
case of broken /var's superblock. This file is rather:) important one.


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