Hi, I would agree with Mark and Jim, this is a serious issue for enterprise servers. Yet another example where I would have wanted to see a more supportive response from the FreeBSD project members, like Robert Watson just did. This would benefit keeping a good relation with the business users.
Thanks, Adrian Penisoara ROFUG / EnterpriseBSD On Feb 18, 2008 4:14 PM, Mark Andrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Patient: Doctor, it hurts when I do this! > > > > Doctor: Don't do that... > > Did you actually bother to read his report? > > While his example is used "/", if the report is correct then you > just need to replace "/" with the path of any file system mount > point that is world writable like say "/tmp". > > Do you have /tmp mounted like this? > /dev/ad0s4e 507630 162050 304970 35% /tmp > > Have you tried using "/tmp" or some other suitable mount point > before slinging off with the old Doctor joke? > > Even if it is only "/", having the system die and not be recoverable > due to having a excessive number of files in "/" is a critical > error. I'm sure you have *never* accidently copied a set of files > to "/" in your life. Me, I know I've made that sort of mistake in > the past, and as I'm not perfect, I'm sure I'll make that sort of > mistake at some point in the future. I would however like the > machine not to fallover when I do make that mistake. > > Now why don't you be constructive and verify whether the report is > valid or not. I don't have a spare machine to test it on so I'm > not going to attempt it. > > Mark > > -- > Mark Andrews, ISC > 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia > PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED] > " > _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
