Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 11:28:42 -0500 (EST) From: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> Cc: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org>, Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/sendmail/mail.local pathnames.h Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912171127380.34648-100000@jade.chc-chimes.com> In-Reply-To: <199912171613.IAA29521@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
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On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > I don't mean to start another babbling war on -committers, but wouldn't > > this break POLA, since most applications set TMPDIR to /tmp by default? > > I also don't see how using /var/tmp vs /tmp is going to help these lusers, > they usually only have a / and /usr, which puts /var/tmp on the same > partition as /tmp which is going to cause the same error under the > same conditions. No. Since our defaults have a (larger) /var, they'll normally have a non-root partition /var/tmp. The root parition certainly shouldn't be used as a place to buffer mail. -- - bill fumerola - billf@chc-chimes.com - BF1560 - computer horizons corp - - ph:(800) 252-2421 - bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - billf@FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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