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Re: /tmp on multi-FS set-ups, or: block users from using /tmp?



On Sb, 26 mai 12, 21:29:30, Ivan Shmakov wrote:
> 
> 	… But that makes me recall a solution to both the /tmp and quota
> 	issues I've seen somewhere: use ~/tmp/ instead of /tmp.  This
> 	way, user's temporary files will be subject to exactly the same
> 	limits as all the other his or her files.
> 
> 	(Still, we may need to identify the software that ignores TMPDIR
> 	and tries to write to /tmp unconditionally.)

Maybe trying to kill two birds with one stone, but what if the display 
managers would set TMPDIR to ~/tmp/ (or ~/.cache/tmp or whatever)?

Kind regards,
Andrei
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