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#1 2010-07-21 11:10:02

edtaylor09
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Registered: 2010-07-20
Posts: 6

/var partition

Hello,

Do I really need to create a separate /var partition?

On my configuration, I only have /root, /boot, /home and swap.

I have 2 operating systems on my computer, so there is only a limited amount of partitions that I can create.

Is there an advantage to having /var in a separate partition?

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#2 2010-07-21 11:15:49

karol
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Registered: 2009-05-06
Posts: 25,440

Re: /var partition

> Do I really need to create a separate /var partition?
No.

> Is there an advantage to having /var in a separate partition?
Yes. Flexibility for instance.
Don't bother if it's too hard in your current setup. I have mine on / and I'm alive.

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#3 2010-07-21 11:28:49

edtaylor09
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Registered: 2010-07-20
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Re: /var partition

ok, understood. Thanks karol

smile

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#4 2010-07-21 11:46:26

fukawi2
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From: .vic.au
Registered: 2007-09-28
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Re: /var partition

edtaylor09 wrote:

Is there an advantage to having /var in a separate partition?

Not really on a desktop machine -- I do it out of habit.

On servers it's a good idea to prevent a malicious (remote) user being able to fill your root partition by flooding logs etc.

Same goes for /tmp

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