[ale] one or many...

[stephen at phynp6.phy-astr.gsu.edu (Stephen Leonard)]

On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 02:04:32PM -0600, Preston Boyington wrote:
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jim Popovitch [mailto:jimpop at yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 1:40 PM
> > To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> > Subject: [ale] one or many...
> > 
> > 
> > ...partitions that is.
> > 
> > OK, a swap partition is nice to have, but what does everyone think of 
> > having everything else in a single big partition (assume Desktop PC) 
> > versus a separate / /usr /boot /home /var, etc.
> > 
> > -Jim P.
> > 
> 
> i prefer seperate partitions.  it gives me a little more confidence when i'm
> screwing around with something i don't know much about.  at least my /home
> is relatively safe.  other than that i like seperates in case something
> happens and a bunch of log files get written (from system being hacked?)
> that way my "/" partition doesn't get "clogged up" and cause my system to
> reboot.

Here's another security concious reason to separate partitions:

http://www.hackinglinuxexposed.com/articles/20031214.html

stephen