"Unruh" <unruh-spam@physics.ubc.ca> wrote in message
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> "Noozer" <dont.spam@me.here> writes:
>
>>I want to create a directory that is read/writeable by all my Linux users.
>
>>What would be the 'correct' location for such a directory on a Linux
>>system?
>
>>/downloads
>
>>/usr/share/downloads
>
>>/var/downloads
>
> /tmp is one possibility.
>
> Otherwise choose a partition which has lots of room and put it there.
> There is no "correct" place.
> I would not put it in any of hte places you suggest. / and /var are on
> small partitions. /usr/share is reallyfor program stuff, not for user
> stuff. I would put it into either /local or /usr/local whichever is on a
> partition separate from system stuff. I would also clean it out once a
> week, or you could find yourself with a full partition
> find /usr/local/download -mtime +7 -print0|xargs -0 rm
> cleans out all files older than 7 days.
> Also make sure that the directory has the t chmod attribute so onlyowners
> of files can erase them.

I probably should have been a bit clearer... I meant a "safe"location as in
a common location, not as in security.

The machine only has a single 30gig drive, and the whole filesystem (aside
from swap) is in a single partition.

I think I'll simply go with /common/downloads... That way I can always move
common to a secondary hard drive, once I have one.

Thanks!