Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 02:43:07 +0200 (SAST) From: The Psychotic Viper <psyv@sec-it.net> To: Doug Reynolds <mav@wastegate.net> Cc: "absinthe@pobox.com" <absinthe@pobox.com>, Dylan Carlson <damage_z@yahoo.com>, Jim Mock <mij@soupnazi.org>, "ravi@cow.org" <ravi@cow.org>, "Ronald R. Perez" <ronaldp76@earthlink.net>, Mark Pude <markpude@hotmail.com>, "questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: /var/ is full Message-ID: <20011109023304.G4339-100000@lucifer.fuzion.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <20011109000058.BE3B937B41E@hub.freebsd.org>
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Hi, On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Doug Reynolds wrote: > Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 18:59:35 -0500 > > On Thu, 8 Nov 2001 09:34:26 -0800 (PST), Dylan Carlson wrote: > > > I think it should be mentioned that the Auto option in the FreeBSD > > installer >makes quite undersized /var mounts (IMO)... and in fact I > > think the default is 20MB.I would propose making this default to > > something 60-100MB in the next RELEASE. 20MB isn't suitable for what > > most people seem to be doing anymore. > > the last install i did, i mounted everything on the root. it seems to > be working great. i am wondering if there are any security issues with > that tho. It would work fine and save a few headaches like those experienced with mounted filesystems running out of space (you'd only have one partition to monitor versus say 4 or more for example). As for security its not a negative move but different filesystems for different directories is a positive one. It allows you to mount directories with independant permissions and properties eg. All filesystems besides (/usr)/home be mortal write protected; /mnted/part nosuid (ignore suid tagged bits) ; as well as different sync properties to different partitions depending on usage. man mount should help you understand more (and possibly more clearly), but the above is a rough outline. HTH PsyV To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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