Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 15:10:43 +0300 From: "Andrey Simonenko" <simon@comsys.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Q: is it correct to make symlink /tmp -> /usr/tmp Message-ID: <007401c1b550$a0a89b20$6d36120a@comsys.ntukpi.kiev.ua> References: <001b01c1b4b5$9680fac0$6d36120a@comsys.ntukpi.kiev.ua> <E16b7bp-0005qo-00@avocet.prod.itd.earthlink.net.lucky.freebsd.questions>
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----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Giesen <BobGiesen@earthlink.net> Newsgroups: lucky.freebsd.questions Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 1:12 AM Subject: Re: Q: is it correct to make symlink /tmp -> /usr/tmp > On Wednesday 13 February 2002 11:40 am, Andrey Simonenko wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Is there any security pitfalls if I delete /tmp, create /usr/tmp > > and make symlink /tmp to /usr/tmp? > > > > ps: /tmp is not a separate fs, it is directory in root fs > > Jooc (just out of curiosity), do you have separate / and /usr > slices and are you trying to free up some root-slice space? Yes and /usr file system uses SoftUpdates, root file system doesn't use SoftUpdates. > I've > seen it done this way, frequently. There shouldn't be any security > issues, unless you're doing something out of the ordinary with > pernissions and/or automounting of /usr. (Automounting usr would, > indeed be out of the ordinary...) Since /tmp and /usr/tmp are, > presumably, world-readable and -writable, it shouldn't cause any > problems. I also agree with it, but asked my question here for verifying. Thanks. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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