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Newsgroups: gmane.linux.debian.user Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 00:54:30 -0800 (PST)
> Is there some problem I cannot foresee scrapping my /tmp filesystem and > symlinking /tmp to /var/tmp ?
/tmp is typically a partition … and chmod 1777
/var/tmp is not typically a partition and maybe susceptible to something that likes to count on that fact to exploit /tmp related problems
when /tmp gets full ..something (bad) could happen
Alvin Oga
IIRC, /tmp gets wiped on boot while /var/tmp doesn't. Since /tmp is symlinked to /var/tmp, /var/tmp will get wiped. So, if you're using /var/tmp for something a little less temporary than /tmp, you'll have issues. There was a rant a while ago about someone who did this and lost a butt load of data becuase it got wiped. Caveat Emptor!
Brooks R. Robinson