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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Type: Standards Track
Status: Deferred
Version: 1
Created: 2004-02-09
-Last-Modified: 2017-11-03
+Last-Modified: 2018-09-12
Post-History: 2004-02-21, 2004-11-11
Content-Type: text/x-rst
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@@ -64,15 +64,16 @@ All packages configured to support the srvdir USE flag will support
this breakdown of /srv:
/srv/<fqdn>/<service>/<service-specific tree>
-
+
where
+
<fqdn> is the fully-qualified domain name
<service> is the name of the service
<service-specific tree> is unique to the package
-Ebuilds that install anything into /srv will install into /srv/localhost.
+Ebuilds that install anything into /srv will install into /srv/localhost.
/srv/localhost - or any of the <service> directories underneath it - may be
-symlinks created by the local administrator.
+symlinks created by the local administrator.
Examples
========
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ groups of Gentoo users.
/srv provides an optional alternative for packages that install writable
files into /usr.
-* Users who wish to isoloate services from /home utilisation
+* Users who wish to isolate services from /home utilisation
Services stop working when real users fill /home. As many packages cannot
detect or robustly cope with this situation, services that write files
@@ -129,13 +130,13 @@ groups of Gentoo users.
Grouping all the storage (web, ftp, databases, IMAP, etc etc) under one
location greatly simplifies managing disk quotas on that host.
-
+
It is common practice for shared hosted systems to place web sites,
ftp sites and so on under a user's actual home directory. This practice
requires the user's home directory to be world-readable, which does not
promote strong security!
-* Users who wish to store service-orientated files onto a single logical
+* Users who wish to store service-orientated files onto a single logical
volume to support future growth
The Gentoo Philosophy clearly states that Gentoo Linux will be a
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ support the srvdir USE flag through the work being carried out under GLEP #11)
There has been some debate about whether the /srv directory should be provided
by the basesystem package or not. Because this support is optional, and
because different sites will have different storage requirements, we believe
-that it should be left to the local Gentoo system administrator to manually
+that it should be left to the local Gentoo system administrator to manually
create the /srv directory.
If baselayout feels that it must install a /srv, then we propose that