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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

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