Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 08:49:58 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "NetAdmin - FoxChat.Net" <Zapper@FoxChat.Net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /tmp Message-ID: <14986.39702.161235.993817@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <33140629@toto.iv>
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NetAdmin - FoxChat.Net <Zapper@FoxChat.Net> types: > I'm running 3.5-Stable and every time I add a user via /stand/sysinstall > I get something similar to the following - "can not write to /tmp - To > many links" Is it safe to rm -rf /tmp? Is there a way to clean up the > /tmp or links? I've looked all over the help files in www.defcon1.org > and can't seem to find anything other than a patch for 4.2 for a > vulnerability in the /tmp. You need to have a /tmp. However, it's not really safe to remove everything in it while you're running multiuser. You can safely go into it and remove everything older than your last reboot by hand. To clean all of it out safely, you should be single user. This is one reason for wanting to run an mfs or md based /tmp. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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