[ILUG] link of the day: System Tuning Info for Linux Servers

[Padraig Brady]

Paul Jakma wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, kevin lyda wrote:
> 
> > and my laptop has *all* partitions except /var mounted with noatime for
> > nearly two years.  no problems.
> 
> except /var... exactly.
> 
> yes, dirs with binaries don't need atime... my problem with what page
> is that is that i think perhaps there isn't much thought/experience
> behind it.
> 
> > kevin
> 
> --paulj

atime can be very useful for automated tools used to
determine what has happened to a system after a breakin.

Padraig.