Re: tmp on tmpfs

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Subject: Re: tmp on tmpfs
From: Celejar <celejar@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2023 12:12:08 -0400
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On Wed, 19 Apr 2023 08:55:25 +0200
Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> wrote:

...

> (I do not know if Debian has provisions to format a /tmp partition with
> an ephemeral encryption key on boot, like it has for the swap.)

It apparently does not, and apparently other distributions do not as
well. Here's a post on the CentOS Wiki describing how to do it, but it
involves a (small) unofficial, homegrown script:

https://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/EncryptTmpSwapHome

I wonder why this is not a standard option provided by distributions?

-- 
Celejar

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References:
- /etc/fstab question (problem)?
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- Re: /etc/fstab question (problem)?
  - From: Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com>
- Re: /etc/fstab question (problem)?
  - From: <tomas@tuxteam.de>
- Re: /etc/fstab question (problem)?
  - From: Tom Furie <tom@furie.org.uk>
- Re: /etc/fstab question (problem)?
  - From: <tomas@tuxteam.de>
- tmp on tmpfs
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- Re: tmp on tmpfs
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- Re: tmp on tmpfs
  - From: Nicolas George <george@nsup.org>

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