Re: FreeBSD 16 with tmpfs=/tmp?

vermaden <[email protected]> Wed, 13 May 2026 13:13:49 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.hackers
Message-ID <nwrujysdgjarfucllzti@heka>
>> No, you need to manually add
>> 
>>     tmpmfs=yes
>> 
>> to either /etc/rc.conf or /etc/rc.conf.d/tmp after installation.
 
> I would additionally recommend limiting the size of the
> /tmp partition, with something like:
> 
> tmpsize="1024m"
> 
> in the same place.
> 
> Regards.
> 
> -- 
> Olivier Certner

I would rename 'tmpsize' to 'tmpmfs_size' to be consistent with naming.

... because having something like that looks like a mess:

tmpmfs
tmpsize

... and this is logical and not misleading:

tmpmfs
tmpmfs_size

Regards,
vermaden