The answer to my followup question is No. Since the /var/run directory has no world-writeable files or directories, it is much less of a concern. One person limits the size of /var/run, but for purely aesthetic reasons. doing a "du -k" and seeing a filesystem with 20gig free is rather disconcerting... Thanks to all. I asked: > Is it possible to limit the size of /var/run the same way one limits the > size of /tmp? Since /tmp is in the vfstab it is a simple matter to set > the size option. But /var/run is not in there. So how would one limit the > size on it? Thanks to the many people who pointed out that it is mounted by the last line of /etc/init.d/buildmnttab, and the size can be limited there. Several people also said I could add /var/run to the /etc/vfstab, set the "mount at boot" to no, and then set the size there the same way that /tmp is limited. I have a followup question: do you do this on your servers? Since /var/run does not have world writeable files or directories I suppose it isn't as necessary as /tmp, but I am curious about how many people limit /var/run anyway. +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Christopher L. Barnard O When I was a boy I was told that | | cbarnard@tsg.cbot.com / \ anybody could become president. | | (312) 347-4901 O---O Now I'm beginning to believe it. | | http://www.cs.uchicago.edu/~cbarnard --Clarence Darrow | +----------PGP public key available via finger or PGP keyserver---------+ _______________________________________________ sunmanagers mailing list sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagersReceived on Tue Aug 27 16:03:59 2002
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