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What are the partitions created on the mail server hard drive?

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What are the partitions created on the mail server hard drive?
posted Feb 22, 2016 by Mohammed Hussain

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The main partitions are done firstly which are root, swap and boot partition. But for the mail server three different partitions are also done which are as follows:

  1. /var/spool- This is done so that if something goes wrong with the mail server or spool than the output cannot overrun the file system.
  2. /tmp- putting this on its own partition prevents any user item or software from overrunning the system files.
  3. /home- putting this on its own is useful for system upgrades or reinstalls. It allow not to wipe off the /home hierarchy along with other areas.
answer Feb 23, 2016 by Shivaranjini
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