Linux Directory Structure

Question 1

What should go in the /bin directory

Answer 1

Executable binary programs

Question 2

What should go in the /etc directory

Answer 2

System configuration file

Question 3

Where do we put the optional or third party software?

Answer 3

/opt

Question 4

Where is temporary data stored?

Answer 4

/tmp, data is cleared on reboot in this folder

Question 5

What should go in the /usr directory?

Answer 5

User related program

Question 6

Where is variable data like logs stored?

Answer 6

/var

Question 7

What goes into the /home directory?

Answer 7

Data related to the users of the system

Question 8

What should go in the /media directory?

Answer 8

The removable media devices that are mount

Question 9

Where are system libraries stored?

Answer 9

/lib

Question 10

Is there a 64 bit version of /lib?

Answer 10

Yes, /lib64

Question 11

Where do we place the shared file systems?

Answer 11

/export

Question 12

What is the home directory of the root user?

Answer 12

/root

Question 13

If we are going to mount an external file system, where should we mount it?

Answer 13

/mnt

Question 14

What should go in the /sbin directory?

Answer 14

System administration binaries

Question 15

What should go in the /srv directory?

Answer 15

Data which is served by the system, /srv/www is very common

Question 16

When we install a software in a Linux system, where should we find the binary files of that program?

Answer 16

There are multiple places where we can find those, it depends, it might be, /usr/bin, /usr/local/bin. /usr/local//bin. It also can be in /opt//bin

In general we should try /usr, /usr/local or /opt