Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 03:56:19 -0400 From: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org> To: Jeroen Ruigrok/asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man7 tuning.7 Message-ID: <20020528035619.D93657@espresso.q9media.com> In-Reply-To: <20020528073943.GD77228@daemon.ninth-circle.org>; from asmodai@wxs.nl on Tue, May 28, 2002 at 09:39:43AM %2B0200 References: <200205280603.g4S63pY24227@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020528032419.C93657@espresso.q9media.com> <20020528073943.GD77228@daemon.ninth-circle.org>
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Jeroen Ruigrok/asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> writes: > -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. I'm only aware of vi; what other software relies on a permanent temporary directory? In the case of vi, I think ~/.vi/ would be a far more suitable location for recoverable files. > Also, it means hier(7) would need updating. > > What does SUS or some other spec have to say about it btw? Don't have > my manuals handy here. : /tmp A directory made available for applications that need a place : to create temporary files. Applications shall be allowed to create : files in this directory, but shall not assume that such files are : preserved between invocations of the application. No other temporary directories exist in POSIX/SUS. > 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. > > Did I miss something? Update <paths.h>, but this probably isn't needed if /var/tmp is a symbolic link to /tmp. sysinstall used to create /usr/tmp, but that was changed to /var/tmp. I'm interested in hearing what other people think and possibly their uses for /var/tmp. Best regards, Mike Barcroft To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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