Where to put user written program

[David Nicol]

> >> I've written a Perl program to
> >> parse my /var/log/messages file and place certain data into a mySQL
> >> database.

> I agree, any script that I write the performs a system function and is
> not part of the provisioning system usually goes in /root/bin

Seriously, the more secure approach as I understand it is to create
a special-purpose user and have the process run by that user.  For
clarity's sake, the script would then live somewhere like

     /home/Logcooker/bin

(I capitalize fake users, to avoid confusion in case I have to give
a user account on this machine to someone strongly identified
with their hobby as an amateur paper miller.)



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