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hi,

On Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 03:51:56AM +0100, Brad Knowles wrote:
> At 9:37 PM -0500 11/13/01, der Mouse wrote:
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> > It uses the /var/tmp in the underlying filesystem, of course.  (If you
> > don't have one, then you've mis-set-up your /tmp and you can expect to
> > lose.)
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> 	I would believe that most people who put /var onto a separate=20
> filesystem probably will not think to create an additional tmp=20
> directory underneath the /var mount point, for the express purpose of=20
> being used while in single-user mode before /var is mounted.
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>=20
> 	Moreover, I can imagine all sorts of nasty things that could=20
> happen if files were opened in this /var/tmp directory before the=20
> separate /var were mounted and then those file handles continued to=20
> be written to until the root filesystem filled up.
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> 	Been there, done that, got both the t-shirt and the baseball cap.
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>=20
> 	I re-iterate -- symlinking /tmp to /var/tmp is a really bad idea.

i think /tmp is for temporary data used while machine is up and running and
which are (or should be) discarded after reboot. apart of this /var/tmp is
supposed to store longer lasting files which should be present even if mach=
ine
reboots.

just my $0.02

regards,

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