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Operating Systems OS X (Apple) OSX: ./Users/myname OR. /usr/myname ? 1) what is the truth on UNIX ./usr/ directory. Post 303003494 by rbatte1 on Thursday 14th of September 2017 12:11:24 PM
Old 09-14-2017
I was always told to keep out of the /usr filesystem for user files. The way to remember it was that it is user shared readables. User home directories should reall be in /home or somewhere else that is not critical to bringing up the server.

Keeping the OS defined areas clear reduces the risks of errors, filling up something critical (and not being able to boot easily) or generally slowing down OS operations because of user IO. Similarly, applications should have their own filesystems to work with for segregation.



Just my opinion though.
Robin
 

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db_printlog(8)						      System Manager's Manual						    db_printlog(8)

NAME
db_printlog - Displays database log file (Enhanced Security) SYNOPSIS
/usr/tcb/bin/db_printlog [-h home] FLAGS
Specify a home directory for the database. The correct directory for enhanced security is /var/tcb/files. DESCRIPTION
A customized version of the Berkeley Database (Berkeley DB) is embedded in the operating system to provide high-performance database sup- port for critical security files. The DB includes full transactional support and database recovery, using write-ahead logging and check- pointing to record changes. The db_printlog utility provides a way to view the log file associated with the security database. RETURN VALUES
The db_printlog utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
If the -h option is not specified and the environment variable DB_HOME is set, it is used as the path of the database home. The home directory for security is /var/tcb/files. FILES
/var/tcb/files/auth.db /var/tcb/files/dblogs/* RELATED INFORMATION
Commands: db_checkpoint(8), db_recover(8), db_stat(8) delim off db_printlog(8)
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