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am i mistaken? linux question by ick2008-07-29 15:33:56
  the default location for the user's data is /home by Freakazoid2008-07-29 15:44:35
    Basic Un*x filesystem explained badly by smiffy2008-07-29 16:14:22
      Beware of /var/lib by staticsan 2008-07-29 16:44:27
There's a push in recent Linux distros to put data in there associated with a userid, but not a 'real' user. The big gotcha is /var/lib/mysql, but there are other things that can also grow big.
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        Shouldn't that be /srv/mysql? by bwkaz2008-07-29 18:24:33
          IIRC HP-UX does that by intrinsic2008-07-29 19:27:37

 

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