Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:58:00 -0700 From: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> To: Eric van Gyzen <eric@vangyzen.net> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using TMPFS for /tmp and /var/run? Message-ID: <20120329195800.GH1709@albert.catwhisker.org> In-Reply-To: <4F74BCE8.2030802@vangyzen.net> References: <4F746F1E.6090702@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> <4F74BCE8.2030802@vangyzen.net>
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On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 02:50:00PM -0500, Eric van Gyzen wrote:
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> However, if you always want to use tmpfs instead of stable storage,=20
> please do not. Some people expect /tmp to be persistent. This is why=20
> /etc/defaults/rc.conf has clear_tmp_enable=3D"NO". Changing this would=
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> break the POLA.
> ...
Errr... I'm not sure why folks might have that misguided expectation;
from hier(7):
/tmp/ temporary files that are not guaranteed to persist across s=
ys-
tem reboots
Foplks are welcome to do whatever they wish with their own machines,
but the FreeBSD default is as above.
And I was using swap-backed /tmp on SunOS back around 1988.... :-}
Peace,
david
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