> > On Sat, 22 Mar 1997 16:31:49 PST Jim Pick (jim@jimpick.com) wrote: > > > > What process (if any) cleans up /var/tmp, or is that job up to the user? > > > > It happens in /etc/init.d/boot. > > > > Of course, that doesn't help you if you only reboot once every six months > > or so... :-) > > Nope, /var/tmp is never cleaned. > /tmp, /var/run and /var/lock are cleaned upon reboot. > > There's commented code in the /etc/cron.something-ly to clean /tmp regularly, but it's not activated because of the find+xargs security bug (where a carefully crafted enough filename can cause programs to be executed by the UID running find+xargs). > > Phil. Oops - I misread the question. Cheers, - Jim
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