To prevent users from being able to fill up the / partition, the ____________ directory should be on a separate partition if possible because it is world writeable.
Answer: /var
Explanation:
If you haven’t mounted the/var indifferent partition, it uses the space from /partitions and /var has the world writable permission means others also can write the files i n /var/ so whenever others creates files itoccupied space from /.
This should be /tmp
/var is not world writable, by default, it’s mode is 755. /tmp is the only file system that is world writable.
I passed today 800/800. I answered /var/tmp