[arch-general] /srv/ vs. /home/httpd/html

[Aaron Griffin]

On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 9:24 AM, Aaron Schaefer <aaron at elasticdog.com> wrote:
> I'd guess it's because that is what is recommended by the FHS:
>
>  http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#SRVDATAFORSERVICESPROVIDEDBYSYSTEM
>
> I kind of like having it separate, and think it makes sense, even
> though that's not what I've always been used to. It's definitely a
> more consistent and centralized location to store things that are
> served by the system.

An additional note, directories in /home imply that there is a user by
that name. /home/http or /home/sites or something is a little goofy if
you don't have users named "http" and/or "sites". Nothing says there
*must* be users for those dirs, but that's just the way /home was
intended to work.