Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 22:14:51 -0800 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net> To: andrew@pubnix.net Cc: lamaster@george.arc.nasa.gov, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sendmail - low on space Message-ID: <199801280614.WAA01700@MindBender.serv.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of Tue, 27 Jan 98 16:24:55 -0500. <Pine.BSF.3.96.980127162021.21902F-100000@guardian.fortress.org>
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>I create my systems without a physical /var parition and symlink /var and
>/tmp into /usr/var and /usr/tmp respectively, this eliminates all
>problems, and you don't end up "wasting" lots of disk space for temporary
>files.
It doesn't eliminate "all" problems. Specifically, it doesn't
eliminate the problem separate /var is meant to solve, and that is
having someone fill up /usr and bring your entire machine to its knees
just by sending you lots of big email messages.
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Contract software development for Windows NT, Windows 95 and Unix.
Windows NT and Unix server development in C++ and C.
--< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >--
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Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32...
NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others...
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