Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 09:49:31 +0100 From: Ceri <ceri@techsupport.co.uk> To: Giorgos Keramidas <charon@labs.gr> Cc: Eli Dart <dart@nersc.gov>, Craig Cowen <craig@allmaui.com>, freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Good practice for /tmp Message-ID: <20010906094931.B30676@cartman.private.techsupport.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20010905183015.A824@hades.hell.gr>; from charon@labs.gr on Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 06:30:15PM %2B0300 References: <craig@allmaui.com> <20010904221809.B57312B@usul.nersc.gov> <20010905183015.A824@hades.hell.gr>
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On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 06:30:15PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas said: > From: Eli Dart <dart@nersc.gov> > Subject: Re: Good practice for /tmp > Date: Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 03:18:09PM -0700 > > > In reply to Craig Cowen <craig@allmaui.com> : > > > Solaris mounts it's swap on /tmp while FBSD does not make this available. > > > Why not use the Solaris way of doing things? > > > > I don't know why FreeBSD doesn't do this (in other words, if this was > > a deliberate decision, I don't know what points were debated in > > coming to a decision), but I could see a problem where filling /tmp > > could run you out of swap. > > Mount /tmp then as MFS with a limited size. Works nicely, for me. **boggle** Swap mounted on an MFS /tmp ?? **shudder** Ceri -- Aren't we supposed to hate Darth Maul? Then why doesn't he do anything more evil than defeat one of his opponents in a 2-on-1 fight? --Jon Hall, rec.arts.tv.mst3k.misc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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