On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 8:38 AM, Steve Clark <sclark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 04/02/2012 05:30 PM, M A Young wrote: > > On Mon, 2 Apr 2012, Lennart Poettering wrote: > > On Mon, 02.04.12 16:55, Steve Grubb (sgrubb@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote: > > What about forensics? Any reboot erases information that might have been > needed > to see what happened during a break in. > > /tmp is already volatile and cleaned up in regular intervals. The new > clean-up on boot is just one tiny bit of additional clean-up. > > there is a big difference however with files in /tmp being around for 30 > days, and the files being cleaned on a reboot, which might be necessary to > get the system in a reliable enough state to do any forensics. > > This also means a big change in user experience as many will be expecting > things in /tmp to remain there for a while before being deleted even if > the system is restarted or crashes. > > Michael Young > > I agree why does this have to be forced on everyone. Admins have the ability > to do this now if they > want to. It's a default, not mandatory, admins will still be able to turn it off. -J > -- > Stephen Clark > NetWolves > Director of Technology > Phone: 813-579-3200 > Fax: 813-882-0209 > Email: steve.clark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.netwolves.com > > -- > devel mailing list > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel -- in your fear, seek only peace in your fear, seek only love -d. bowie -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
