Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2020 20:27:46 -0500 From: Valeri Galtsev <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: Marwan Sultan <dead_line@hotmail.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: partitioning server with 2 hard drives Message-ID: <85AD0AAF-37AE-42C9-BD62-B65398A3A107@kicp.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <20200916002606.52725f1d.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <MWHPR06MB32479D288A8D10AD73FC6A329A200@MWHPR06MB3247.namprd06.prod.outlook.com> <20200916002606.52725f1d.freebsd@edvax.de>
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> On Sep 15, 2020, at 5:26 PM, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > > > For /tmp, as well as any partition where user-controlled files can > be placed, it has been correctly suggested to use specific mount > options such as "noexec" and "nosuid" When I joined this advise I forgot one case that bit me in the past when I made /tmp “noexec”. Open Office (by Sun Microsystems). That beast (java based, BTW) when user starts it was creating executable for that specific user in /tmp, then started that executable. With all due respect to Sun and all good they have done/made, that was what really set me off. I do not know if Libre Office does similar thing though… Valeri > . You can immediately see the > advantage of such per-partition settings. ;-) > > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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