Why doesn't FreeBSD clear /tmp on bootup?
Josh Carroll
josh.carroll at gmail.com
Thu May 3 16:50:38 UTC 2007
> I've seen OpenBSD and some other variants of Unix clearing /tmp on
> bootup. But FreeBSD doesn't seem to do so.
> Is there any specific reason for this variation or is it just a matter
> of taste between these different Operating Systems?
You can put the following in rc.conf to do this:
clear_tmp_enable="YES"
It's not on by default.
Regards,
Josh
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