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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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 :-)
--
LF
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