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/dev/hd1 mounted on /lhome instead of /home

  • 1.  /dev/hd1 mounted on /lhome instead of /home

    Posted Wed November 04, 2009 11:02 PM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    I have come across custom build which creates the home filesystem on /lhome (/dev/hd1) instead of /home .

    Any specific hard requirement for a /home is worked around with a symlink.

    Any guess what could be reason for having such practice ?


  • 2.  Re: /dev/hd1 mounted on /lhome instead of /home

    Posted Thu November 05, 2009 12:21 PM

    Originally posted by: flodstrom


    Perhapps it's for local system users with the goal of having system users on /home, mounted from a file server? Perhapps the original /home file system was just moved out of the way (renamed the mountpoint) in order to use /home mount point for a larger disk array or something else? I guess there can be lots of reasons.

    Anyway, just a though.


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