Re: *nix partitioning practices
"D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <[email protected]>
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On Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:45:18 -0400 <[email protected]> wrote: > > I would also add a /tmp partition. Having root fill-up isn't pleasant > Agreed. I'd also point out that having a separate partition for /tmp allows > you to set /tmp as noexec which foils a healthy percentage of script kiddie > exploit scripts. Also many modern OS's have a special file system type for /tmp that doesn't bother syncing so access can be a little faster in general. -- D'Arcy J.M. Cain <[email protected]> | Democracy is three wolves http://www.druid.net/darcy/ | and a sheep voting on +1 416 425 1212 (DoD#0082) (eNTP) | what's for dinner. -- Eat sushi frequently. - Avi [email protected] is the human contact address. [email protected] is the list posting address. See below URL for subscribe/unsubscribe and list options: http://inet-access.net/mailman/listinfo/list