On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 05:56:06PM +0000, Chris Rees wrote: > On 30 March 2012 17:31, C. P. Ghost <cpgh...@cordula.ws> wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 3:18 PM, <sth...@nethelp.no> wrote: > >>> > However, if you always want to use tmpfs instead of stable storage, > >>> please do not. Some people expect /tmp to be persistent. This is why > >>> /etc/defaults/rc.conf has clear_tmp_enable="NO". Changing this would > >>> break > >>> the POLA. > >>> > > >>> This is a mistake. > >>> > >>> The default should be clear_tmp_enable="YES" > >>> if only to uncover those broken configurations that expect /tmp to be > >>> persistent. > >> > >> If you want to break POLA and make a lot of people angry, sure. > >> Otherwise no. > > > > I couldn't agree more. Not clearing /tmp on reboot has been > > the norm for way too long and it is too late to change now. > > It's not just POLA, it also involves deleting data of unaware > > users, and that should be avoided. > > > > Anyone willing to change policy w.r.t. /tmp can do so on their > > own machines. Nothing is preventing them from doing so. > > But by changing defaults, one should err on the side of > > caution and remain conservative, IMHO.
Well stated. > > >From man hier: > > /tmp/ temporary files that are not guaranteed to persist across > system reboots There is also a difference between "not guaranteed to persist" and knowingly blowing the files away by explictly clearing /tmp. PS: How many users of FreeBSD know that hier(7) exists? How many new users even know about man pages? -- Steve _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
