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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--YfqBrEkRVu0wMIYz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 02:50:00PM -0500, Eric van Gyzen wrote: > ... > 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= =20 > 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 --=20 David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org Depriving a girl or boy of an opportunity for education is evil. See http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key. --YfqBrEkRVu0wMIYz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk90vsgACgkQmprOCmdXAD1/MACfbnzoSsZaVDumESlyS0gN/SMb ShMAniVQSMK41A9gtc7uatL+7xpuJmud =cnWe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --YfqBrEkRVu0wMIYz--
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