Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 18:53:11 +0200 From: Christoph Schug <chris+freebsd-questions@schug.net> To: sac <sacchi@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why doesn't FreeBSD clear /tmp on bootup? Message-ID: <20070503165311.GE3138@voodoo.schug.net> In-Reply-To: <e14997e00705030937h50cedea7j1978de09f37542ca@mail.gmail.com> References: <e14997e00705030937h50cedea7j1978de09f37542ca@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, May 03, 2007, sac wrote: > I've seen OpenBSD and some other variants of Unix clearing /tmp on > bootup. But FreeBSD doesn't seem to do so. This one is configurable in /etc/rc.conf, take a look at /etc/defaults/rc.conf for default settings and explanations: | clear_tmp_enable="NO" # Clear /tmp at startup. | clear_tmp_X="YES" # Clear and recreate X11-related directories in /tmp OTOH you can configure /tmp/ as memory file system (which is clear with every reboot cause of its nature) using settings like | tmpmfs="YES" | tmpsize="128m" | tmpmfs_flags="-S" in /etc/rc.conf (in this example 128 MB of /tmp without soft-updates). -cs
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