Questions tagged [fhs]
Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
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Where (i.e. under what path) should we place non-root-user build files? [closed]
On a system I'm considering, there are multiple users. Users' home directories are mounted from some server on the network, which offers those same home directories to multiple machines (with the same ...
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package installation directories
When you automatically download and install packages through the apt or dpkg command , it installed in in a very detailed instructions(i mean perfectly in usr/share and usr/lib); i wanted to know : 1 ....
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Where should I store my application data (i.e. json, images and some audio files)?
I have a top-bar setup that requires some additional files: icons.json for icons used in that bar. Some custom .pngs like google-calendar.png, user.png. Some .mp3 files like notify.mp3 for incoming ...
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In the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, what exactly is a "shareable file"?
The 3.0 Filesystem Hierarchy Standard mentions Linux hosts and the concept of a shareable file: "Shareable" files are those that can be stored on one host and used on others. "...
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Where should non-root-user programs write the data which system-level programs write to (subdirectories of) /var?
Background Unix convention and the Linux Filesystem Hierarchy standard define several paths under which processes look for certain information, or use to write certain information. When one needs to ...
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Where to store shareable application data for home user?
I'm working on a project that uses ags (with gtk-layer-shell) to provide a top bar similar to waybar. I'm also building a gui app with pyGtk that'll be used to change that bar's appearance and ...
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FHS: what is "the map installer"?
In the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard 3.0 under the section 3.5.1 "The Root Filesystem - /boot : Static files of the boot loader - Purpose": This directory contains everything required for ...
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Why did Red Hat relocate Apache to /usr/sbin
I run Apache http servers on Red Hat and Oracle Linux machines. The account requires that only packages from the Red Hat or Oracle repositories be used. That’s fine , they work and are reasonably ...
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Are any modifications to the FHS being worked on (by the Linux Foundation)?
https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/227625/386242 explains the myriad benefits of a simpler and more consistent filesystem hierarchy, but also that without any cross-OS standardization, such efforts are ...
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will DNF [YUM] fail if /var/tmp is a tmpfs file system?
I was considering making /var/tmp a tmpfs mount, similar to systemctl enable tmp.mount in order to meet a security rule requesting /var/tmp be on a separate partition. I did not make that physical ...
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the relation of /opt /etc/opt and /var/opt
I am reading the Linux Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, and I am wondering about the relation of /opt, /etc/opt and /var/opt. I can read in 2 places that static configuration and variable data for an ...
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/usr/local subdirectories allowed?
I'm currently having some conflicted doubts about the /usr/local folder according to the standard. In our application, we currently store our read-only application files in /usr/local/<appname>. ...
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Missing filesystems in new Ubuntu 18.04 installation , embedded target
I installed a new Ubuntu 18.04 on my disk and noticed the following filesystems: /dev/nvme0n1p1 mounted on: / none mounted on: /dev tmpfs mounted on: /dev/shm tmpfs ...
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Does the location of package-installed udev rules differ across Linux distributions?
Alongside an RPM package, I have been preparing a DEB package for some software which requires the installation of some udev rules. My RPM package installs the rules in /usr/lib/udev/rules.d. My ...
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Where can I view all distros currently compliant with the Linux Filesystem Hierarchy Standard?
The Linux Filesystem Hierarchy Standard hasn't been updated since 2015 (FHS 3.0). I'm assuming a lot has changed in the ecosystem since then, and because of this, certain distros may/may not be ...
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