First complete draft update to FHS 2.3

LDP/guide/docbook/Linux-Filesystem-Hierarchy/home.xml

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
   This section describes only a suggested placement for user home
   directories; nevertheless we recommend that all FHS-compliant 
   distributions use this as the default location for home directories.
-  On small systems, each user’s directory is typically one of the many 
+  On small systems, each user's directory is typically one of the many 
   subdirectories of /home such as /home/smith, /home/torvalds, 
   /home/operator, etc. On large systems (especially when the /home 
   directories are shared amongst many hosts using NFS) it is useful 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
   The setup will differ from host to host. Therefore, no program
   should rely on this location.
 
-  If you want to find out a user’s home directory, you should use the 
+  If you want to find out a user's home directory, you should use the 
   getpwent(3) library function rather than relying on /etc/passwd because 
   user information may be stored remotely using systems such as NIS.
 

LDP/guide/docbook/Linux-Filesystem-Hierarchy/lib.xml

@@ -63,16 +63,12 @@ The /lib directory contains kernel modules and those shared library images (the
       <listitem>
        <para>is the PCI equivalent of the 
        /lib/modules/'kernel-version'/isapnpmap.dep file.
-It is recommended that apart from autosave and lock files programs should refrain from creating non dot files
-or directories in a home directory without user intervention.
        </para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
 
     <varlistentry>
       <term>/lib/modules/&apos;kernel-version&apos;/usbmap</term>
-It is recommended that apart from autosave and lock files programs should refrain from creating non dot files
-or directories in a home directory without user intervention.
       <listitem>
        <para>is the USB equivalent of the 
        /lib/modules/'kernel-version'/isapnpmap.dep file.</para>
@@ -95,8 +91,6 @@ or directories in a home directory without user intervention.
        <para>PAM library files.</para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
-It is recommended that apart from autosave and lock files programs should refrain from creating non dot files
-or directories in a home directory without user intervention.
 
     </variablelist>
    </para>

LDP/guide/docbook/Linux-Filesystem-Hierarchy/mnt.xml

@@ -13,6 +13,22 @@
   distributions like Debian allocate /floppy and /cdrom as mount points while
   Redhat and Mandrake puts them in /mnt/floppy and /mnt/cdrom respectively.</para>
 
+  <para>
+  However, it should be noted that as of FSSTND version 2.3 the purpose of this 
+  directory has changed.
+  </para>
+
+  <para>
+  <screen>
+  This directory is provided so that the system administrator may temporarily
+  mount a filesystem as needed. The content of this directory is a local issue
+  and should not affect the manner in which any program is run.
+
+  This directory must not be used by installation programs: a suitable temporary
+  directory not in use by the system must be used instead.
+  </screen>
+  </para>
+
   <sect2 id="mount-and-umount"><title>Mounting and unmounting</title>
   <para>Before one can use a filesystem, it has to be <glossterm>mounted</glossterm>.
   The operating system then does various bookkeeping things to make sure that
@@ -175,23 +191,5 @@
   <command>mount</command> manual page. If you aren&#39;t careful, mounting an
   MS-DOS filesystem gives everyone at least read access to the files in it,
   which is not a good idea.</para></sect2>
-
-
-  <para>
-  However, it should be noted that as of FSSTND version 2.3 the purpose of this 
-  directory has changed.
-  </para>
-
-
-  <para>
-  <screen>
-  This directory is provided so that the system administrator may temporarily
-  mount a filesystem as needed. The content of this directory is a local issue
-  and should not affect the manner in which any program is run.
-
-  This directory must not be used by installation programs: a suitable temporary
-  directory not in use by the system must be used instead.
-  </screen>
-  </para>
   
 </sect1>

LDP/guide/docbook/Linux-Filesystem-Hierarchy/root.xml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   We recommend against using the root account for tasks that can be
   performed as an unprivileged user, and that it be used solely for 
   system administration. For this reason, we recommend that subdirectories
-  for mail and other applications not appear in the root account’s home
+  for mail and other applications not appear in the root account's home
   directory, and that mail for administration roles such as root, postmaster,
   and webmaster be forwarded to an appropriate user.
   </screen>