From owner-freebsd-security Sun Feb 24 8:20:36 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from bilver.wjv.com (spdsl-033.wanlogistics.net [63.209.115.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C021237B402 for ; Sun, 24 Feb 2002 08:20:30 -0800 (PST) Received: (from bv@localhost) by bilver.wjv.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g1OGKT401130 for security@FreeBSD.ORG; Sun, 24 Feb 2002 11:20:29 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bv) Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 11:20:29 -0500 From: Bill Vermillion To: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: security-digest V5 #439 Message-ID: <20020224162029.GD83570@wjv.com> Reply-To: bv@wjv.com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.25i Organization: W.J.Vermillion / Orlando - Winter Park Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Date: 23 Feb 2002 20:58:33 +0100 > From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav > Subject: Re: Third /tmp location ? > Bill Vermillion writes: > > > Is the /usr/tmp really used for somethink usefull ? > > I would think man 7 hier will answer that for you in a hurry. > > Yes it really is usefull. > Bzzzt. FreeBSD has never had /usr/tmp, and all software that expects > /usr/tmp has been changed to use /var/tmp instead. And I set /usr/tmp for many things because there is no reason that I can see to have var so big that it will hold large files I may have to edit. I put /usr/tmp in almost all my .exrc files as too many times I've gotten 'file system full'. I've had occasions where I've pulled in some really large files in 'vi'. As I said "Yes it really is usefull". User applications really should probably go in /usr/tmp if you have a lot of users. Bill -- Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message