[OT] distributed UNIX FS layout policy (was Re: [syslog-ng]Hi all,. does anyone know of a compiled RPM for SysLog-NG?)

[Hamilton, Andrew Mr.]

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?)
> 
> This is an off-topic post so please delete if you aren't interested.
> 
> > > Whoops, apologies; I meant to send this privately.  Please reply to
> > > me privately and not the list.
> 
> 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:
> > 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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