From owner-freebsd-stable Thu May 4 7:38:37 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from florence.pavilion.net (florence.pavilion.net [212.74.0.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF86B37B9EE for ; Thu, 4 May 2000 07:38:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from joe@pavilion.net) Received: from genius.systems.pavilion.net (postfix@genius.systems.pavilion.net [212.74.1.100]) by florence.pavilion.net (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA78754; Thu, 4 May 2000 15:35:20 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from joe@pavilion.net) Received: by genius.systems.pavilion.net (Postfix, from userid 100) id 07E76240; Thu, 4 May 2000 15:35:31 +0100 (BST) Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 15:35:30 +0100 From: Joe Karthauser To: Stephen Montgomery-Smith Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: symlinking /tmp: was: size of root (was Re: Debugging Kernel....) Message-ID: <20000504153530.M8875@pavilion.net> References: <3911887E.C6D08C31@math.missouri.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <3911887E.C6D08C31@math.missouri.edu>; from stephen@math.missouri.edu on Thu, May 04, 2000 at 09:26:06AM -0500 X-NCC-RegID: uk.pavilion Organisation: Pavilion Internet plc, Lees House, 21-23 Dyke Road, Brighton, England Phone: +44-845-333-5000 Fax: +44-845-333-5001 Mobile: +44-403-596893 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, May 04, 2000 at 09:26:06AM -0500, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: > Ronald Klop wrote: > I have been symlinking /tmp to /usr/tmp for quite a while (I got the idea > from the book "The Complete FreeBSD"). It has never caused me problems. > But now I can see the potential for problems. > > What programs are there in /bin or /sbin that use /tmp that could cause > problems in single user mode (if one chooses not to mount /usr)? You could create a /usr/tmp directory on the / file system. When /usr is mounted it will mask this directory, but at least you'll have use of it until then. Joe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message