From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Feb 13 16:41:14 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73799531449 for ; Sat, 13 Feb 2021 16:41:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kudzu@tenebras.com) Received: from mail-lj1-x22e.google.com (mail-lj1-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::22e]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1O1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4DdGMs40Nvz4j3y for ; Sat, 13 Feb 2021 16:41:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kudzu@tenebras.com) Received: by mail-lj1-x22e.google.com with SMTP id k22so2086555ljg.3 for ; Sat, 13 Feb 2021 08:41:13 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tenebras-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=xf6e9jvCJvIyjbpNAnaEM5Mp4B91yLuL0p/8+D1gddg=; b=ZrX59Tu/vQv37Wgy4unhQ0H7tyY51nv/CzE7FjYDMNm6CKyBUdIg2rw1TECm44EHkz Gq9e31dKMrxikJOAdCdyzmcnuzNQW6XnMin/7z1se6HZ3J5aZgnNZuix1DDd41YtTBWL UG9YGjYJLra6zPxemIUlODtKQr84/IkBFDDLmZKPSdtTycYQv+ulRpDFCTH0+0CPiYho vvmSQxW5Lue4QB5BdQJeZMWh2eO/WOisJF+u+oA3/VIZNflOBppf4Bb7/RciLnlC3xHn iMtyIYzyTLWK4wbY7Kx1BUVnLo+86GJm63NK30eJ1a4hJu2wJlwbmrooPNjP2ZtYiWkG Okog== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=xf6e9jvCJvIyjbpNAnaEM5Mp4B91yLuL0p/8+D1gddg=; b=CgQl76ozK0D1/Ry5Ha/6Jjv2EYORYXV8xKWI9RqckHlfWG5yDoDcCwVk28e7WLCdMO nisflT1Jp5I4MTlW4k+eY7V9KzUANj4JEZWoDTuKVZeqtNBIhhgPf+aBgFkjiQ/Xpzx+ 7aNP0RZeLqrgNy3Hz6peM/T1uRGggPcqgj/7pcvfYynkhgASnbcSxH/I4iT5UbLxg8yj EGxyp7ORDRRn4Me32qn8T5WhA8wND18IqOvSGt3WON2fG1RcW6T9UgF092WGqzhfCtjI NePtaHGhaTl1GZoRGeIJ+0hxBmn8bfzqHhTAsBuD3wS5xOKlgjZpVvsXCTCIZYHzclO3 G8lw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533qFDD11wlyPMGIQ4Hn9NfF/jqs8sw8X2fz5GjoKJPp+QMTtP2P xTm/o24P9hWrZHp+Ui615IgBZxUUFk2i9syGVo8gzavb6+oYoA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJx4dwKC4I3D3Z81i9spOYbDfAPvPyD26n0lhlL05FOnZPLAAYdLPRFnNAuIRYPXRkmIyO1DSPN5MOYV/f76t6U= X-Received: by 2002:a2e:585c:: with SMTP id x28mr4539508ljd.468.1613234470326; Sat, 13 Feb 2021 08:41:10 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <055e547a-c57a-048e-5458-4cf60b31ca7a@gmail.com> <20210213045614.71f2202b.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20210213045614.71f2202b.freebsd@edvax.de> From: Michael Sierchio Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2021 08:40:34 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Partitioning To: FreeBSD Questions X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4DdGMs40Nvz4j3y X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=tenebras-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.s=20150623 header.b=ZrX59Tu/; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of kudzu@tenebras.com has no SPF policy when checking 2a00:1450:4864:20::22e) smtp.mailfrom=kudzu@tenebras.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.30 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[tenebras-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com:s=20150623]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[tenebras.com]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; SPAMHAUS_ZRD(0.00)[2a00:1450:4864:20::22e:from:127.0.2.255]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[tenebras-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com:+]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[2a00:1450:4864:20::22e:from]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[no SPF record]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~]; RBL_DBL_DONT_QUERY_IPS(0.00)[2a00:1450:4864:20::22e:from]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2a00:1450::/32, country:US]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.34 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2021 16:41:14 -0000 As usual, the "many-wayed fellow" is lucid and precise. On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 7:56 PM Polytropon wrote: > > If you have things like /tmp, /var/log, /home and so rooted in > the same partition, a "runaway process" could fill your whole > disk just writing to /tmp, and you wouldn't know, because a log > file can no longer be written. Also users might be affected and > cannot save their work files as /home runs out of space (simply > because / is full). > I'm also an adherent of mounting world-writable mount points (/tmp, /var/tmp) noexec,nosuid. This works unless you are building from source, and make buildworld fails because it executes some things in /tmp. > Especially on systems providing server functionalities, this kind > of problem is not desired. Sub-optimal, as in disastrous. --=20 "Well," Brahm=C4=81 said, "even after ten thousand explanations, a fool is = no wiser, but an intelligent person requires only two thousand five hundred." - The Mah=C4=81bh=C4=81rata