From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 3 16:49:22 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3757216A400 for ; Thu, 3 May 2007 16:49:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from mail.potentialtech.com (internet.potentialtech.com [66.167.251.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B27A13C469 for ; Thu, 3 May 2007 16:49:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from vanquish.pgh.priv.collaborativefusion.com (pr40.pitbpa0.pub.collaborativefusion.com [206.210.89.202]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.potentialtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DE27EBC78; Thu, 3 May 2007 12:49:19 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 12:49:18 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: sac Message-Id: <20070503124918.86cd63da.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.3.1 (GTK+ 2.10.11; i386-portbld-freebsd6.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why doesn't FreeBSD clear /tmp on bootup? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 16:49:22 -0000 In response to sac : > > I've seen OpenBSD and some other variants of Unix clearing /tmp on > bootup. But FreeBSD doesn't seem to do so. > Is there any specific reason for this variation or is it just a matter > of taste between these different Operating Systems? http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc.conf&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+6.2-RELEASE&format=html Have a look at the clear_tmp_enable variable. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com