Subject: Re: [vserver] Suggestion: don't mount 16 MB tmpfs into /tmp per default
From: Ed W <lists@wildgooses.com>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 08:55:27 +0100

Hi

> In my opinion, this default setting has too much potential of causing 
> (sometimes hard-to-debug) trouble. 


I think you can argue this both ways to be honest. 

The current fashion for linux installers is to use one partition for the 
whole OS (or perhaps two), but if you read a classic unix textbook you 
will see that 5+ partitions is a normal setup and general hardening 
advice would be to severely limit /tmp (also remove it's ability to hold 
executables, etc).

No strong feeling either way here though

Ed W