From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 24 08:56:32 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C5951065672 for ; Fri, 24 Dec 2010 08:56:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iw0-f182.google.com (mail-iw0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AF078FC12 for ; Fri, 24 Dec 2010 08:56:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn39 with SMTP id 39so6920423iwn.13 for ; Fri, 24 Dec 2010 00:56:22 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=CR3LXHgeI0fPsQfhfAODBHdYJUhEfBt4hDh4EIf041U=; b=ZQT20eoHmlebUCRkck28THcw6wROr6fy/05PC6np+DUj/QGzSsg8MX5/S3NimNEQGn boIlvFSOe60RMCf++acQiXOxlRmrmJLhwLEony/7ndkSHR53c4uEvH2jqKPHYA3Eo459 JK3nBgquulIdSgoUafiJdr591hVLGOjHh0ZJA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=pXbva+CJ7kbI+3ZSQgs2W1rM4VkuyJ6yHX0tW/8A4tNESjuAJBYSjROwZilktf12b5 Qm1cQGS4hM29IKF/5nu7DTjxrhs7A9s9pP3TGBc9CUAKjq/0WUX+wfEHGTJsYU94AqNo 8ivyKpuVikeOZ+y6pB/DMgUqwIFHRFZz6kVR0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.206.206 with SMTP id fv14mr2278386ibb.75.1293179141487; Fri, 24 Dec 2010 00:25:41 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.231.79.197 with HTTP; Fri, 24 Dec 2010 00:25:41 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 03:25:41 -0500 Message-ID: From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk To: Harald Servat Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Comment on section 24.7.5 X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 08:56:32 -0000 On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Harald Servat wrote: > Hello, > > today I did my first and successful "update from source" of my FreeBSD > box. However, I'd like to comment you that I found a tricky part when > issuing make installworld because I had my /tmp partition mounted with the > option "noexec". That made make command prevent installing the new system. > When I turned that option off from /etc/fstab and remounted the /tmp > partition, then installworld worked as a charm. > > Could be a nice addition to section 24.7.5 a note with a text like "make > sure that your /tmp partition allows executing programs or /etc/fstab does > not disallow executing programs" ? > > Thank you for your work & merry xmas! > -- > Such a change makes the computer very vulnerable to malicious attacks with respect to security . Therefore , it may be useful also to add the following sentence : Such a change should only be made to systems which they are not exposed to public access for security reasons . Thank you very much . Mehmet Erol Sanliturk