Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 08:13:33 -0800 (PST) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> To: ken@kdm.org (Kenneth D. Merry) Cc: grog@FreeBSD.org (Greg Lehey), cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/sendmail/mail.local pathnames.h Message-ID: <199912171613.IAA29521@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> In-Reply-To: <19991216193301.A19677@panzer.kdm.org> from "Kenneth D. Merry" at "Dec 16, 1999 07:33:01 pm"
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> On Thu, Dec 16, 1999 at 17:18:45 -0800, Greg Lehey wrote: > > grog 1999/12/16 17:18:45 PST > > > > Modified files: > > contrib/sendmail/mail.local pathnames.h > > Log: > > Change location of temporary file from /tmp to /var/tmp. This is a > > repeat of an earlier commit which apparently got lost with the last > > import. It helps solve the frequently reported problem > > > > pid 4032 (mail.local), uid 0 on /: file system full > > > > (though there appears to be a lot of space) caused by idiots sending > > 30 MB mail messages. > > > > Most-recently-reported-by: jahanur <jahanur@jjsoft.com> > > > > Add $FreeBSD$ so that I can check the file back in. > > 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. -- Rod Grimes - KD7CAX @ CN85sl - (RWG25) rgrimes@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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