Messages in this thread | | | From | Fred Reimer <> | Subject | Re: Partition Sizing | Date | Thu, 22 Jul 1999 20:51:32 -0400 |
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AFA /tmp is concerned, don't some OS's, like Solaris I believe, "mount" /tmp as a memory filesystem? What would be the benefits/problems with doing this in Linux (assuming that new memory filesystem that was just announced get stable/is a good idea)?
fwr
On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, Richard Gooch wrote: > Zack Weinberg writes: > > > > Richard Gooch writes: > > > Zack Weinberg writes: > > > > In addition, you should symlink /tmp to /var/tmp and audit your rc > > > > scripts to make sure they don't need /tmp before /var is mounted. > > > > All modern distros I've tried get this right. > > > > > > Why not just have /tmp a separate FS? > > > > I don't see any advantage of that over linking /tmp to /var/tmp. > > The only issue with not having /tmp on the root filesystem is if > > it's needed before the rest of the filesystems are mounted, and > > you'd have the same problem with a separate /tmp or a symlink. > > OK, fair enough. I had originally read it as "/tmp -> /var/tmp is > better than mount /tmp". I guess you weren't saying that. > > I personally prefer a separate /tmp so that dumb users don't > accidentally fill up /var (/var/spool, /var/log and so on). > > > > > It would be nice to be able to mount / ro and nosuid, but you can't > > > > do that because there tend to be a few suid executables in /bin, you > > > > frequently need to modify files in /etc, and login/logout needs to > > > > modify permissions on /dev nodes. devfs plus lots of symlinks may > > > > be able to correct this. > > > > > > You don't need any symlinks with the standard devfs configuration > > > (devfs mounted on /dev). What makes you think you do? > > > > Not for /dev - for the frequently modified files in /etc, like > > /etc/shadow (assuming you make people change passwords regularly...) > > Ah, OK. Another misunderstanding. > > Regards, > > Richard.... > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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