On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 02:50:00PM -0500, Eric van Gyzen 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. > ... Errr... I'm not sure why folks might have that misguided expectation; from hier(7): /tmp/ temporary files that are not guaranteed to persist across sys- tem reboots Foplks are welcome to do whatever they wish with their own machines, but the FreeBSD default is as above. And I was using swap-backed /tmp on SunOS back around 1988.... :-} Peace, david -- David H. Wolfskill david_at_catwhisker.org Depriving a girl or boy of an opportunity for education is evil. See http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key.
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