Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Sat, 31 Mar 2012 08:07:36 +0200
From:      Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Using TMPFS for /tmp and /var/run?
Message-ID:  <4F769F28.7080700@gmx.de>
In-Reply-To: <4F74CB80.2030207@vangyzen.net>
References:  <4F746F1E.6090702@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de>	<4F74BCE8.2030802@vangyzen.net>	<20120329195800.GH1709@albert.catwhisker.org> <4F74CB80.2030207@vangyzen.net>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Am 29.03.2012 22:52, schrieb Eric van Gyzen:

> Respectfully, no.  The default is to store /tmp in UFS, either in its
> own partition (with Auto Defaults) or in / (if no partition was created
> for it), and to refrain from clearing it at boot.  Thus, although /tmp
> is not guaranteed to persist in theory, it is rather persistent in
> practice.
> 
> My only point is:  carefully consider the change in behavior of the
> default installation before breaking the POLA.

How about using /var/tmp for the "a little longer lived" temporary stuff?



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?4F769F28.7080700>