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Re: [Feedback needed] Setting the right size for /tmp



On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:17:15 -0700,
Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> wrote:

> Seb wrote:
>> I just discovered to my horror /tmp is handled by a tmpfs system that
>> allocates by default a percentage of RAM that happens to be too small
>> for my use of /tmp.  What is the Debianish way to avoid using this
>> system for /tmp so that it uses whatever is available on /?

> Set RAMTMP=no in the /etc/default/rcS file.

>   # sed --in-place 's/RAMTMP=.*/RAMTMP=no/' /etc/default/rcS

Thank you!  With this modification, does /tmp still get cleared after
each reboot?

Cheers,

-- 
Seb


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