Re: [vserver] Suggestion: don't mount 16 MB tmpfs into /tmp per default

From: Ed W <lists_at_wildgooses.com>
Date: Wed 14 May 2008 - 08:55:27 BST
Message-ID: <482A9AEF.9050709@wildgooses.com>

Hi

> In my opinion, this default setting has too much potential of causing
> (sometimes hard-to-debug) trouble.

I think you can argue this both ways to be honest.

The current fashion for linux installers is to use one partition for the
whole OS (or perhaps two), but if you read a classic unix textbook you
will see that 5+ partitions is a normal setup and general hardening
advice would be to severely limit /tmp (also remove it's ability to hold
executables, etc).

No strong feeling either way here though

Ed W
Received on Wed May 14 08:55:40 2008

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