make installworld - permission denied

[Subhro]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-
> questions at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Mark
> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 14:25
> To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Subject: make installworld - permission denied
> 
> 
> > Do you have /tmp setup so that it is "no exec"?
> 
> > cat /etc/fstab
> 
> I think you may have both stumbled onto the cause of the
> problem. :)
> 
> /dev/ad3s1e  /tmp    ufs   rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,nosymfollow
> 
> I didn't realise that non-exec /tmp was a no-no.

Nopes that's not right. For enhancing security even I mount /var/tmp with
noexec and softlink /tmp to /var/tmp. Doing that prevents people from hiding
binaries in the world writable /tmp, /var/tmp whatever. Just remember to
remount it without "noexec" before installworld.

Regards
S. 


Indian Institute of Information Technology
Subhro Sankha Kar
Block AQ-13/1, Sector V
Salt Lake City
PIN 700091
India
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