Allegedly, on or about 19 February 2015, jd1008 sent: > Interesting obeservation, after I disabled the creation and mount a > tmpfs on /tmp TODAY. > $ cd /tmp > $ ls -ltr > total 1264K > drwx------ 2 jd jd 4096 Dec 31 1969 orbit-jd/ > -rw-------. 1 root root 0 Oct 8 13:15 yum.log > -rwx------. 1 root root 663 Oct 8 13:47 ks-script-DhSaAL* > drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Oct 8 14:50 hsperfdata_root/ > -rw-------. 1 root root 1255957 Oct 8 15:35 yum_save_tx.2014-10-08.15-35.pQVxxn.yumtx > -rw-r--r-- 1 jd jd 0 Feb 19 11:00 qtsingleapp-smplay-ca73-3f0-lockfile > drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Feb 19 12:45 systemd-private-186b844601e2408eaf31371607e83295-rtkit-daemon.service-jSJb1H/ > drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Feb 19 12:45 systemd-private-186b844601e2408eaf31371607e83295-cups.service-fz1pho/ > drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Feb 19 12:45 systemd-private-186b844601e2408eaf31371607e83295-ntpd.service-p2YLgg/ > drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Feb 19 12:45 systemd-private-186b844601e2408eaf31371607e83295-colord.service-4x8X99/ > drwx------ 2 jd jd 4096 Feb 19 12:46 ssh-esVxvDC58XKz/ > prw------- 1 root root 0 Feb 19 12:46 hogsuspend| > srwxr-xr-x 1 jd jd 0 Feb 19 12:46 qtsingleapp-smplay-ca73-3f0= > drwx------ 2 jd jd 4096 Feb 19 12:46 kde-jdiXm3Tn/ > > So, how come files dated from Oct 8th of 2014 and last Dec are still > in /tmp,when I only disabled tmpfs for /tmp today? The most obvious guess would be that /tmp was an ordinary directory, back them, and more recently tmpfs was mounted over the top of it. Was your current OS already installed back then? -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 3.9.10-100.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Jul 14 01:31:27 UTC 2013 x86_64 All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the public lists. George Orwell's '1984' was supposed to be a warning against tyranny, not a set of instructions for supposedly democratic governments. ZNQR LBH YBBX -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org