Could I have problems if I create directories inside /home?
On a laptop used exclusively by me, whit only one personal user account (i.e. let's call it myuser), there could be any problems or annoyances in creating directories inside /home but external to /home/myuser?
As an example, let's say that I want to create something similar to this:
/home/appimages
/home/lamp
/home/myuser
in order to put a Bitnami LAMP stack and Appimages programs outside the "regular", "everyday" home directory; all of this for the sake of decluttering and having a structure where it is easier to manage backups, file indexing, and other things without resorting to exclusion patterns.
Assuming that no more personal users will be created (and in the remote possibility, without using the same names of these directories), there could be problems, drawbacks, random annoyances, that I've not thought of with this kind of setup?
linux user-profiles home-directory
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On a laptop used exclusively by me, whit only one personal user account (i.e. let's call it myuser), there could be any problems or annoyances in creating directories inside /home but external to /home/myuser?
As an example, let's say that I want to create something similar to this:
/home/appimages
/home/lamp
/home/myuser
in order to put a Bitnami LAMP stack and Appimages programs outside the "regular", "everyday" home directory; all of this for the sake of decluttering and having a structure where it is easier to manage backups, file indexing, and other things without resorting to exclusion patterns.
Assuming that no more personal users will be created (and in the remote possibility, without using the same names of these directories), there could be problems, drawbacks, random annoyances, that I've not thought of with this kind of setup?
linux user-profiles home-directory
asked Jan 25 at 14:50
SekhemtySekhemty
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On a laptop used exclusively by me, whit only one personal user account (i.e. let's call it myuser), there could be any problems or annoyances in creating directories inside /home but external to /home/myuser?
As an example, let's say that I want to create something similar to this:
/home/appimages
/home/lamp
/home/myuser
in order to put a Bitnami LAMP stack and Appimages programs outside the "regular", "everyday" home directory; all of this for the sake of decluttering and having a structure where it is easier to manage backups, file indexing, and other things without resorting to exclusion patterns.
Assuming that no more personal users will be created (and in the remote possibility, without using the same names of these directories), there could be problems, drawbacks, random annoyances, that I've not thought of with this kind of setup?
linux user-profiles home-directory
asked Jan 25 at 14:50
SekhemtySekhemty
3,936104481
On a laptop used exclusively by me, whit only one personal user account (i.e. let's call it myuser), there could be any problems or annoyances in creating directories inside /home but external to /home/myuser?
As an example, let's say that I want to create something similar to this:
/home/appimages
/home/lamp
/home/myuser
in order to put a Bitnami LAMP stack and Appimages programs outside the "regular", "everyday" home directory; all of this for the sake of decluttering and having a structure where it is easier to manage backups, file indexing, and other things without resorting to exclusion patterns.
Assuming that no more personal users will be created (and in the remote possibility, without using the same names of these directories), there could be problems, drawbacks, random annoyances, that I've not thought of with this kind of setup?
linux user-profiles home-directory
linux user-profiles home-directory
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No problems but IMHO not very "natural". /home/xxx is supposed to be the home directory of xxx. Why not create these directories under / directly?
If you made a distinct FS for /home and find you have room to spare there, a better hierarchy IMHO is to have FS/home and FS/other directories in that FS, and link/bind-mount FS/home on /home/.
answered Jan 25 at 16:18
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No problems but IMHO not very "natural". /home/xxx is supposed to be the home directory of xxx. Why not create these directories under / directly?
If you made a distinct FS for /home and find you have room to spare there, a better hierarchy IMHO is to have FS/home and FS/other directories in that FS, and link/bind-mount FS/home on /home/.
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No problems but IMHO not very "natural". /home/xxx is supposed to be the home directory of xxx. Why not create these directories under / directly?
If you made a distinct FS for /home and find you have room to spare there, a better hierarchy IMHO is to have FS/home and FS/other directories in that FS, and link/bind-mount FS/home on /home/.
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No problems but IMHO not very "natural". /home/xxx is supposed to be the home directory of xxx. Why not create these directories under / directly?
If you made a distinct FS for /home and find you have room to spare there, a better hierarchy IMHO is to have FS/home and FS/other directories in that FS, and link/bind-mount FS/home on /home/.
answered Jan 25 at 16:18
xenoidxenoid
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No problems but IMHO not very "natural". /home/xxx is supposed to be the home directory of xxx. Why not create these directories under / directly?
If you made a distinct FS for /home and find you have room to spare there, a better hierarchy IMHO is to have FS/home and FS/other directories in that FS, and link/bind-mount FS/home on /home/.
answered Jan 25 at 16:18
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answered Jan 25 at 16:18
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