On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 10:50:45AM -0800, Ken Irving wrote: > On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 06:40:01PM +0000, andy wrote: > > Hi all > > > > Can someone advise me on the pros and cons of deleting the contents of > > /tmp/ as part of general security conscious non-paranoia. I was thinking > > that it would be an okay thing to do periodically (or at logout, etc.) > > using a overwriting/shredding program. But, before I committed myself, > > decided it was prudent to ask. > > It's been my experience that this happens by default on all of my debian > (various flavors) systems. I'm not sure if it's done on shutdown or > startup. I think this may be specified/suggested in the FHS, or maybe > elsewhere. Try googling on "delete /tmp" or something...
I think I misunderstood the question, and confused logout w/ shutdown... -- Ken Irving, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]