>>>>> On Mon, 20 Jan 2020, Michael Orlitzky wrote:

> On 1/20/20 2:02 AM, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
>> Quoting FHS-3.0 again:
>> 
>> | On large systems (especially when the /home directories are shared
>> | amongst many hosts using NFS) it is useful to subdivide user home
>> | directories. Subdivision may be accomplished by using subdirectories
>> | such as /home/staff, /home/guests, /home/students, etc.
>> 
>> So, how are you going to detect if such a scheme is used on the system,
>> and in which subdirectory the amavis user should be placed?

> The same way we detect that scheme before setting a home directory to
> /var/lib/whatever, which you may notice, is not under /home/guests or
> anything like that. Does this cause a real technical problem, or is it
> just more FUD?

It's just awful to have a one user at second level (like /home/amavis)
when all others are at third level (like /home/staff/joe).

Besides, nothing guarantees that your username under /home won't collide
with an existing subdirectory name.

Ulrich