Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 15:18:09 -0700 From: Eli Dart <dart@nersc.gov> To: Craig Cowen <craig@allmaui.com> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Good practice for /tmp Message-ID: <20010904221809.B57312B@usul.nersc.gov> In-Reply-To: Message from Craig Cowen <craig@allmaui.com> of "Tue, 04 Sep 2001 14:57:48 PDT." <3B954E5C.7558CDE6@allmaui.com>
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--==_Exmh_-1536011101P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I don't know why FreeBSD doesn't do this (in other words, if this was a deliberate decision, I don't know what points were debated in coming to a decision), but I could see a problem where filling /tmp could run you out of swap. This is why I like /tmp on its own filesystem where it can't interfere with anything else....I find that the features of an mfs /tmp (high performance, self-cleaning, isolated from other filesystems) match how I like to run my world. --eli In reply to Craig Cowen <craig@allmaui.com> : > Solaris mounts it's swap on /tmp while FBSD does not make this available. > Why not use the Solaris way of doing things? > > Eli Dart wrote: > > > In reply to Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> : > > > > > 'man tuning' (with a recent -stable). In it I talk about /tmp vs > > > /var/tmp and why it doesn't make sense to keep them separate any more . > > > And these days people generally do not rm -rf /tmp at boot either. > > > > Using an mfs /tmp has the side effect of clearing /tmp at boot. > > > > --eli > > > > > > > > -Matt > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature > > --==_Exmh_-1536011101P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: This is a comment. iD8DBQE7lVMhLTFEeF+CsrMRAutzAKC4BzUjej//EP8E9uijpojlUzfergCgxgij ds7qvcwUlv3pEcLSEp7Cb3A= =orEc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_-1536011101P-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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