Hi, Dustin Kirkland <kirkl...@canonical.com> writes:
> However, it's worth mentioning that /tmp is wiped on every boot in > Ubuntu. For this reason, I usually put my /tmp in a tmpfs in memory > (on systems where I have a few GB of memory). Add this line to your > /etc/fstab: > tmpfs /tmp tmpfs rw > > This ensures that the data written to /tmp is never actually written > to disk. I think this is an excellent best-practice for the security > conscious. This is not always true. Contents of a tmpfs can be swapped to disk[1] and you might thus leak information when you rely on the fact that contents of a tmpfs will never be written to permanent storage. Regards, Ansgar [1] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tmpfs#Linux> -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
