Clearing tmp files

[Charlie Kravetz]

On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 15:52 +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 12/10/2007, Charlie Kravetz <cjk at teamcharliesangels.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 11:40 +0800, gup502 wrote:
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > I come from Mandriva.  There is an option to set the system to clear
> > > temp files at boot.  If that is not selected, the temp files will
> > > quickly add up.  I do not see that option in Ubuntu. Is that required in
> > > Ubuntu?
> > >
> > > Cheers.
> > >
> > > Terence
> > >
> > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com
> > >
> > >
> > /tmp can indeed be a separate partition, and if you choose to manually
> > partition your drive when installing ubuntu, you can not continue
> > installation without creating /tmp.
> 
> That is simply not true. I always custom-partition my disks and I have
> never in 20y with Unix set up a single machine with a dedicated /tmp
> partition. I always leave it on the root FS.
> 
> >  However, I have never had occasion
> > to clear my /tmp partition in two years. I have done so once by mistake,
> > and it took a bit to get the system to boot again. Apparently, at least
> > some versions of ubuntu do store boot files there.
> >
> > Example:  GNOME in /etc/gdm/gdm.conf-custom has the option to set the
> > directory where user's .Xauthority file should should be saved.
> > (USERAuthDir=/tmp)
> 
> That's scary. I think that ought to be filed as a bug. In my book,
> *nothing* in /tmp should be of value by the next boot.
> 
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Why would you file a bug report if the Gnome Users Manual has this in it
as a way to customize the gdm startup file? It states it is more secure
when using, for example, NFS, than using the home directory if the home
directory is not on the user's hard drive.


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