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Date:      Sat, 15 Nov 1997 23:00:49 GMT
From:      jraynard@jraynard.demon.co.uk (James Raynard)
To:        sprice@HiWAAY.net
Cc:        freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: misc/5054: /tmp not nuked on reboot
Message-ID:  <323@jraynard.demon.co.uk>

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In message <Pine.OSF.3.96.971115150956.6026E-100000@fly.HiWAAY.net> Steve Price writes:
> 
> BTW, I remember that somewhere along 2.1.5 (at least) this was the norm
> with FreeBSD as well (to clean /tmp), but somewhere it lost its luster
> and was removed.  Again, I don't know why it was done, only that it
> was.

It was taken out about a year ago after someone found a potential
security hole, IIRR.

-- 
James Raynard



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