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- From: brown@ftms.UUCP (Vidiot)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.apps
- Subject: Re: Putting /tmp in /usr (was Re: Can f77 be taught not to use /tmp?)
- Message-ID: <451@ftms.UUCP>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 16:33:30 GMT
- References: <1993Jan20.185627.19507@mapsut.einstein.com> <447@ftms.UUCP> <1jsvihINNfe5@moe.ksu.ksu.edu>
- Reply-To: brown@ftms.UUCP (Vidiot)
- Organization: Vidiot's Other Hangout
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- In article <1jsvihINNfe5@moe.ksu.ksu.edu> rjq@phys.ksu.edu (Rob Quinn) writes:
- <In <447@ftms.UUCP> brown@ftms.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:
- <[talking about making f77 use something other than a small /tmp]
- <>While this isn't a perfect solution, all of our systems have been reconfigured
- <>so that none of the temp space is in / (root). Sun's brilliant idea of
- <>providing temp directories in a filesystem that is way too small is rediculous
- <>So, the following is done:
- <> rm -r /tmp /var/tmp /usr/tmp
- <> mkdir /usr/tmp
- <> chmod 777 /usr/tmp
- <> ln -s /usr/tmp /tmp
- <> ln -s /usr/tmp /var/tmp
- <
- < It's very common to share /usr between machines. Won't your method cause
- <a lot of problems? I thought the whole idea behind /usr was that it would
- <contain files that never (rarely) changed, and that didn't need to be tailored
- <to each host. Host specific files go in / or /var.
-
- As a rule around here and machines that we ship, /usr as a whole is not
- exported. While various sub-directories are, they are on a case-by-case basis.
-
- While this method isn't perfect, it is sure is a lot better than the amount of
- space that Sun lets you have for temp space, when they configure the systems.
- The / partition is NEVER big enough to hold squat.
-
- < Also, I would suggest a 'chmod +t' on your temp directories.
-
- I don't remember that being set as shipped either. Will it make that much of
- a performance difference on a directory?
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