From owner-freebsd-bugs Sun Nov 16 04:07:12 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id EAA14126 for bugs-outgoing; Sun, 16 Nov 1997 04:07:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs) Received: from elvis.vnet.net (elvis.vnet.net [166.82.1.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id EAA14121 for ; Sun, 16 Nov 1997 04:07:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rivers@dignus.com) Received: from ponds.dignus.com (ponds.vnet.net [166.82.177.48]) by elvis.vnet.net (8.8.5/8.8.4) with ESMTP id HAA28335; Sun, 16 Nov 1997 07:06:29 -0500 (EST) Received: from lakes.dignus.com (lakes [10.0.0.3]) by ponds.dignus.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA19496; Sun, 16 Nov 1997 07:23:45 -0500 (EST) Received: (from rivers@localhost) by lakes.dignus.com (8.8.7/8.6.9) id HAA05945; Sun, 16 Nov 1997 07:11:42 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 07:11:42 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas David Rivers Message-Id: <199711161211.HAA05945@lakes.dignus.com> To: evanc@synapse.net, jkh@jkh.cdrom.com Subject: Re: misc/5054: /tmp not nuked on reboot Cc: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org, sprice@hiwaay.net Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > > I know that this is something that a lot of people like and a lot of > > people hate. Fortunately, that is why /etc/rc.conf exists, so that you > > can configure what _you_ want the system to do. What I'd like to see is > > for this to become an option in /etc/rc.conf. That way those who want it > > can and those who don't just don't set that option. > > Seams reasonable to me, just so long as POLA is respected and > it's off by default. :) > > Jordan > > Yes, but please add the other suggestion I made in bug 4982; so the X server comes up correctly on a reboot. Even though we don't delete all of /tmp; there's _some_ of /tmp that needs to be deleted no matter what... - Dave Rivers -