[CentOS] /tmp directory

[Leon Fauster]

Am 10.12.2012 um 16:05 schrieb Nicolas Thierry-Mieg:
> Leon Fauster wrote:
>> Am 10.12.2012 um 11:22 schrieb John Doe:
>>> From: Jerry Geis <geisj at pagestation.com>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> You also have '/var/tmp' that is expected to survive reboots and should be less often (never?) cleared.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> cat /etc/cron.daily/tmpwatch
>> flags=-umc
>> /usr/sbin/tmpwatch "$flags" -x /tmp/.X11-unix -x /tmp/.XIM-unix \
>> 	-x /tmp/.font-unix -x /tmp/.ICE-unix -x /tmp/.Test-unix \
>> 	-X '/tmp/hsperfdata_*' 240 /tmp
>> /usr/sbin/tmpwatch "$flags" 720 /var/tmp
>> for d in /var/{cache/man,catman}/{cat?,X11R6/cat?,local/cat?}; do
>>     if [ -d "$d" ]; then
>> 	/usr/sbin/tmpwatch "$flags" -f 720 "$d"
>>     fi
>> done
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 720 = 30 days
> 
> what? you mean this dir called /var/tmp is actually for temporary 
> stuff?? man, this system is seriously screwed up...


i am just communicating the actual technical 
situation - the meaning depends on the reader.

those directories are cleaned on a regular basis, if 
tmpwatch is installed (the code above is from tmpwatch.rpm). 

this is said to show a different perspective compared to the 
above statement "...should be less often (never?) cleared"

i dont want to discuss the implications of 
world writeable/sticky directories :-)
  


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LF