Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 09:46:08 +0100 From: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> To: Jeroen Ruigrok/asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> Cc: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man7 tuning.7 Message-ID: <20020528084608.GB4092@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <20020528073943.GD77228@daemon.ninth-circle.org> References: <200205280603.g4S63pY24227@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020528032419.C93657@espresso.q9media.com> <20020528073943.GD77228@daemon.ninth-circle.org>
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On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 09:39:43AM +0200, Jeroen Ruigrok/asmodai wrote: > -On [20020528 09:30], Mike Barcroft (mike@FreeBSD.org) wrote: > >If anything, you should change vi not to store semi-permanent data in > >a temporary directory. You almost never want to have a temporary > >directory hanging off a more important partition like / or /var, since > >users could attack a system by filling /tmp or /var/tmp. Having > >multiple temporary partitions is also a nuisance, so I usually > >symbolicly link all mine together. > > Well, it would not just be vi that needs to be changed. It affects more > programs. It affects users too - I've always expected things in /var/tmp to persist after a reboot, since that's how it works on Solaris. Also, this document [ http://makeashorterlink.com/?Q1A8212F ] seems to mention something about X/OPEN with a reference of 5.12-3(D) (search for the reference number within the HTML page), but I can't find anything further from them. > So, would there be a general consensus to mark /tmp and /var/tmp as > equal? If so we can continue with the other points, to note: > > 1) Update hier(7) with the consensus. > 2) Fix tuning(7) and other manual pages with the updated > information. > 3) Create a symlink from /var/tmp -> /tmp. > 4) Fix any application in the base system to use /var properly, > instead of /var/tmp. Please don't do any of these. Ceri -- get the cool shoe shine To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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