[Bug 58502] Re: The default value of TMPTIME in /etc/default/rcS should be non-zero

[aeb]

Yes, a very unpleasant surprise. Spent several hours carefully drafting
a referee report in a mutt session replying to the letter that contained
the paper to referee. A power failure caused a reboot, and as I find out
the default Ubuntu behavior is to delete all the user's work in /tmp,
even if it is only five minutes old. TMPTIME should have a nonzero
default.


** Changed in: sysvinit (Ubuntu)
       Status: Invalid => Confirmed

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Title:
  The default value of TMPTIME in /etc/default/rcS should be non-zero

Status in “sysvinit” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: initscripts

  The default value of TMPTIME is 0, which means /tmp is cleaned during
  every boot. Although files in /tmp are supposed to be temporary, that
  doesn't mean they're worthless. In the case of a crash or power
  failure, useful data which could have been recovered is lost.

  To cover extended outages, I suggest that the default for TMPTIME
  should be increased to several days. Thanks!

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