From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 29 18:46:13 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F55648E for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:46:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerry@seibercom.net) Received: from mail-gg0-f182.google.com (mail-gg0-f182.google.com [209.85.161.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D392B8FC17 for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:46:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-gg0-f182.google.com with SMTP id e5so1817146ggh.13 for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:46:11 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=seibercom.net; s=google; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:reply-to :organization:x-mailer:face:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=gljt0b3sEUfEk7TtNkIidNg+KJe5BfZt7L4gXDHd9HY=; b=ZdpfOkEikQP5JGrO9tmEVnO2RagYebDroFU1zDeuB5QpHNaN6NNuvUHzgUjbS0+sja sTBrEsSDuK5p/oYyo96PIFjvdm2jVHXuC2ocncUpvVWZhJu1EXLPGasCKzQmOjMJYa2R At59AagHZaneHzBHnYjqzUL5In4oe+iY7rctc= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:reply-to :organization:x-mailer:face:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:x-gm-message-state; bh=gljt0b3sEUfEk7TtNkIidNg+KJe5BfZt7L4gXDHd9HY=; b=dF0XBmEZ6N8NDZ6yWmu0ZxpmkW0NV0Vm6YRo2K1YXfq6zgFP7rTWkHphXOtVWP8erH cS+qjww8QgDjYc//X8EAOmdPXrdSRbswh7kDKVccxy9WJoAmQj01VFcgLz3sgtwSfwau fA3WNHWLRbrKqY7U/BcHV/xiXVljO/p9vQZ17tHln3zPeT2FmvrPgOkJvWmxLbbyDCB4 AN6qFSWdTcWEYvClKxoOH0kMYZLBxC7o1GLBK/AUvQlK2wPNdrKrGZbDuQ9GAoB0g36r Ws+mevxUYb+4WYYGooReCxjj4yGD0F5M4vdgJKgZ7Jj/GrkIR/Sxc7eMtVsO/UrcMJVb CaYw== Received: by 10.236.74.198 with SMTP id x46mr25357016yhd.72.1354214771357; Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:46:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (cpe-076-182-104-150.nc.res.rr.com. [76.182.104.150]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id s19sm2191729anl.22.2012.11.29.10.46.09 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:46:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from scorpio (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jerry@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3YC73h174Fz2CG4D for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:46:08 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:46:07 -0500 From: Jerry To: FreeBSD Subject: Re: clearing /var/tmp in periodic.conf? Message-ID: <20121129134607.1442eebb@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <50B78AFC.2080406@dreamchaser.org> References: <50B78AFC.2080406@dreamchaser.org> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.1 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.3) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQm0mZLYGXjG7g564zDyvPj5K1ofS+9joxoVlAKsudjE0mRmj3LHklX+oPzlY1xNUL192j11 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:46:13 -0000 On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 09:19:08 -0700 Gary Aitken articulated: > Any reasons why one should not clear /var/tmp via periodic.conf? =46rom "/etc/defaults/rc.conf" clear_tmp_enable=3D"NO" # Clear /tmp at startup. clear_tmp_X=3D"YES" # Clear and recreate X11-related directories in /= tmp populate_var=3D"AUTO" # Set to YES to always (re)populate /var, NO to n= ever cleanvar_enable=3D"YES" # Clean the /var directory I use the first two options without any apparent problems. I have never used the last two. Maybe someone who is more familiar with them could explain them in more detail. --=20 Jerry =E2=99=94 Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________