Raquel wrote:
On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:12:10 -0300
"Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Can someone advise me on the pros and cons of deleting the
contents of /tmp/ as part of general security conscious
non-paranoia.
<snip>
>From the FHS:
tmp : Temporary files
Purpose
The /tmp directory must be made available for programs that
require temporary files.
<snip>
So it is safe to delete /tmp when you know that no running
programs are using any file there. You can delete /tmp in the
beginning of the boot process, as the FHS itself suggests. I think
this already happens automatically on Debian, but I'm not sure.
--
Several years ago I was using RedHat. It had a crontab which daily
deleted any files in /tmp which were over a certain age.
I have difficulty believing that any programs would hold onto any
files that are a month old or possibly even a week old ... for a
machine which does not reboot.
Thank you all for your comments in response to my question.
I tend to leave the machine running, but am the only user. I tend to
default to the Gnome wm altho' do use XFce4 from time-to-time. For a
machine that has an uptime of 6 days having a handful of some 23 items
in the /tmp is not excessive, so is probably erased on shut down or boot
up. This question of course could be answered by simply making a habit
of shutting down regularly, which would be better on the environment too.
Thanks all
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