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NFS /usr/local (was Re: Custom launchers in Gnome panels?)
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Fri, 3 Mar 2000 18:55:33 GMT
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On Thu, 2 Mar 2000 23:13:44 GMT mattdm@mattdm.org (Matthew Miller) wrote
concerning 'Re: Custom launchers in Gnome panels?':
> Dan Boger <dan@giccs.georgetown.edu> wrote:
> > the only problem with that, is the under the current setup, we have
> > /usr/local an NFS exported directory (which make a lot of sense, as
> > long as you're not too worried about internal security), so when I
> > want to test something new, I don't want it exported to all the linux
> > clients... that's when I start installing stuff to /usr.
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> Ah. Yeah, some of the departments I support do a similar thing. (Largely, we
> use AFS, but we've got some holdouts....) I've tried to move most of them to
> making the exported directory be /usr/local/somethingorother instead of just
> /usr/local. That's probably not an easy option for your situation -- maybe
> make a /usr/[machinename] or something to be the "real" local filesystem.
> (Or, perhaps you could use /opt...)
perhaps I should try and rethink our NFS structure. It hasn't been
much of a problem though, since there are very few things that we
install locally - the only exception is my own desktop, since I test
things on it...
> A big reason to do this is you're able to do system upgrades without
> destroying your own stuff.
true... on the other hand, how often do you do a full system upgrade?
:)
Dan
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| (...) Ah. Yeah, some of the departments I support do a similar thing. (Largely, we use AFS, but we've got some holdouts....) I've tried to move most of them to making the exported directory be /usr/local/somethingorother instead of just /usr/local. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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