[sugar] secure /tmp and /var/tmp

[C. Scott Ananian]

On 11/8/07, Albert Cahalan <acahalan at gmail.com> wrote:
> The XO /tmp is **exactly** like a SunOS /tmp. It's in RAM.
> Well, one difference: it was common to have only 8 MB.

Since when is SunOS the standard?  The FHS has no such wording or requirement:
  http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#TMPTEMPORARYFILES

And in fact, my FHS-compliant Debian system (at least) has /tmp stored on disk.
 --scott

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