>>> On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at  5:34 PM, in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Summerfield
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 
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> If you break out /tmp, why not /var/tmp too?

Because we're mostly concerned with not filling up the root file system, and 
not the /var file system.

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> /home can be controlled with quotas. Then, it's the user who's...
> distressed.

It's still considered a good practice to separate user data from the OS.  
Quotas on top of that can keep one user from hurting everyone else.


Mark Post

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