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The Linux FilesystemIndexTerm Hierarchical Standard (FHS) defines the structure of the Linux directory tree. It names a set of standard directories and designates their purposes. This standard has been put in place to ensure that all distributions of Linux are consistent in their directory usage. Such consistency makes writing and maintaining shell and compiled programs easier for SysAdmins because the programs, their configuration files, and their data, if any, should be located in the standard directories.
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The Linux Foundation maintains documents defining many Linux standards. It also sponsors the work of Linus Torvalds.
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David Both, “An introduction to Linux network routing,” https://opensource.com/business/16/8/introduction-linux-network-routing
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David Both, “Making your Linux Box Into a Router,” http://www.linux-databook.info/?page_id=697
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I dislike the official names for the primary and secondary servers so won’t use them. I think primary and secondary are more descriptive in any event.
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Both, D. (2018). Using the Linux FHS. In: The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3730-4_6
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