[Fwd: [ale] Basic configuration advice needed.]

[esoteric at denali.atlnet.com (Wandered Inn)]

Jim Popovitch wrote:
>
> I'm curious as to how that protects root?  I've often wondered the same.

/var contains a number of log files, therefore, that filesystem can
continuously grow if you don't monitor it.  By placing / and /var on
different filesystems, you protect / from getting corrupted.  /var
filesystem could get full, causing errors and problems requiring fsck.
If / is on the same filesystem, it's possible to corrupt / because of
the space issue.

I don't know if I explained that right, does that make sense?

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