Why doesn't FreeBSD clear /tmp on bootup?
Robert Huff
roberthuff at rcn.com
Thu May 3 17:01:13 UTC 2007
sac writes:
> I've seen OpenBSD and some other variants of Unix clearing /tmp on
> bootup. But FreeBSD doesn't seem to do so.
Look deeper, Grasshopper.
huff@>> grep -i tmp /etc/rc.conf
clear_tmp_enable="YES" # Clear /tmp at startup.
This is set to NO in /etc/defaults/rc,conf.
As to why ... for their own reasons some folks put things in
/tmp they don't want to vanish.
Robert Huff
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