We use /opt but not /pkgs. Most of the software I compile or install is either in /opt, one of the system dirs /usr/sbin, /usr/bin, or in /usr/local. We use pretty much the same set up as you except for /pkgs. /usr/local is auto-mounted, /opt is local to machine. It works out fairly well that way. Regards, Drew Hamilton

-----Original Message----- From: Scott McDermott [SMTP:mcdermot@questra.com] Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 11:57 PM To: syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu Subject: [OT] distributed UNIX FS layout policy (was Re: [syslog-ng]Hi all,. does anyone know of a compiled RPM for SysLog-NG?)

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Guess you didn't see that part. Oh well, I have a question to ask of the list.

todd glassey on Mon 6/11 14:04 -0800:

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The /opt/local version will work for me. We use a somewhat Solaris mindset in our systems layout.

I am curious if other admins use /opt/local/ ? Our layout looks like this:

/home/ automount NFS homes

/usr/local/ automount-by-arch for site-wide bin, lib, sbin and friends

/opt/ local-to-machine package-type stuff (has own bin, lib, sbin and friends for each package)

/opt/local/ local-to-machine single bin, lib, sbin and friends (would put this in /usr/local/ but since that is distributed, won't work).

/pkgs/ identical to /opt/ but distributed and automounted-by-arch

I am just curious how other admins lay out their filesystems, I have never heard of anyone using /opt/local/ or /pkgs/ and was wondering if I happened to make up stuff that coincided with other admins' thoughts on the matter? /pkgs/ existed before I was here but /opt/local/ was my idea. Anyone else use it?

Oh BTW maybe I can be somewhat on-topic: the central loghost logs to /var/log/syslog/host/program/year.month.day and exports /var/log/syslog using an ACL of admin workstations only. This lets us view logs for any host with nice granularity, from any admin workstation. Wondering how others do this also? Leave it on central host and login to the machine?

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