tmpfs

[Geoffrey Leach]

I thought I would try having /tmp as a tmpfs. It's not mentioned in the Fedora 21 docs.  Is this because:

o It worked so well (beginning in Fedora 18) that it's standard practice?
o It was a bad idea, and is no longer used?

[Flavio Leitner]

On Friday, December 26, 2014 02:26:34 PM Geoffrey Leach wrote:
> I thought I would try having /tmp as a tmpfs. It's not mentioned in the Fedora 21 docs.  Is this because:
>
> o It worked so well (beginning in Fedora 18) that it's standard practice?
> o It was a bad idea, and is no longer used?

I just installed F21 here and /tmp is a tmpfs by default.

tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,seclabel)

fbl

[Rahul Sundaram]

Hi

On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 2:26 PM, Geoffrey Leach  wrote:
> I thought I would try having /tmp as a tmpfs. It's not mentioned in the
> Fedora 21 docs.  Is this because:
>
> o It worked so well (beginning in Fedora 18) that it's standard practice?

Whether it worked well or not is very relevant here but if a feature is new
to the release it is mentioned in the release notes but not if it is a
standard default feature and not new to the release.  There might be some
documentation needed for users who *don't* want tmp to be on /tmpfs.  If
the standard docs don't cover that, a RFE should be filed.

Rahul

[Frank Murphy]

On Fri, 26 Dec 2014 20:51:20 -0800
Rahul Sundaram  wrote:
> Whether it worked well or not is very relevant here but if a feature
> is new to the release it is mentioned in the release notes but not if
> it is a standard default feature and not new to the release.  There
> might be some documentation needed for users who *don't* want tmp to
> be on /tmpfs.  If the standard docs don't cover that, a RFE should be
> filed.
>
> Rahul

tmpfs was targeted at Fedora 18, and still here.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/tmp-on-tmpfs

But, I have not found anything on Fedora docs to disable,
just the usual user forums\lists etc..

___
Regards
Frank

[Rex Dieter]

Frank Murphy wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Dec 2014 20:51:20 -0800
> Rahul Sundaram  wrote:
> > Whether it worked well or not is very relevant here but if a feature
> > is new to the release it is mentioned in the release notes but not if
> > it is a standard default feature and not new to the release.  There
> > might be some documentation needed for users who *don't* want tmp to
> > be on /tmpfs.  If the standard docs don't cover that, a RFE should be
> > filed.
> >
> > Rahul
>
> tmpfs was targeted at Fedora 18, and still here.
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/tmp-on-tmpfs
>
> But, I have not found anything on Fedora docs to disable,
> just the usual user forums\lists etc..

See the items listed in "Release Notes" section:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/tmp-on-tmpfs#Release_Notes

-- Rex

[Jim Lewis]

> Frank Murphy wrote:
> > On Fri, 26 Dec 2014 20:51:20 -0800
> > Rahul Sundaram  wrote:
> > > Whether it worked well or not is very relevant here but if a feature
> > > is new to the release it is mentioned in the release notes but not if
> > > it is a standard default feature and not new to the release.  There
> > > might be some documentation needed for users who *don't* want tmp to
> > > be on /tmpfs.  If the standard docs don't cover that, a RFE should be
> > > filed.
> > >
> > > Rahul
> >
> > tmpfs was targeted at Fedora 18, and still here.
> > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/tmp-on-tmpfs
> >
> > But, I have not found anything on Fedora docs to disable,
> > just the usual user forums\lists etc..
>
> See the items listed in "Release Notes" section:
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/tmp-on-tmpfs#Release_Notes
>
> -- Rex

Thanks Rex!

I too had a minor problem with /tmp being tmpfs and your post/link
really helped. I didn't know about TMPDIR or /var/tmp, but I should
have. Now to go change and recompile my text editor ...

Jim Lewis