OK, fair enough. I had originally read it as "/tmp -> /var/tmp is
better than mount /tmp". I guess you weren't saying that.
I personally prefer a separate /tmp so that dumb users don't
accidentally fill up /var (/var/spool, /var/log and so on).
> > > It would be nice to be able to mount / ro and nosuid, but you can't
> > > do that because there tend to be a few suid executables in /bin, you
> > > frequently need to modify files in /etc, and login/logout needs to
> > > modify permissions on /dev nodes. devfs plus lots of symlinks may
> > > be able to correct this.
> >
> > You don't need any symlinks with the standard devfs configuration
> > (devfs mounted on /dev). What makes you think you do?
>
> Not for /dev - for the frequently modified files in /etc, like
> /etc/shadow (assuming you make people change passwords regularly...)
Ah, OK. Another misunderstanding.
Regards,
Richard....
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