On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 09:15:47AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote > On Friday 04 May 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I accomplish this by moving /tmp /usr and /var to the /home > > partition. > > Surely you meant "move the /tmp, /usr and /var to the / partition"?
Let me rephrase myself... - *PHYSICALLY* moving /tmp /usr and /var to the /home partition. - bind mount (or symlink) these directories to the / partition > It won't work moving them to /home unless you put symlinks in and > that would just be ... odd It may be "odd", but it gets the job done. The files end up *PHYSICALLY* residing in the /home partition, but *LOGICALLY* on /tmp, /usr and /var. Here's how I implement it. I set up /tmp /usr and /var in /home/bindmounts/ (note the permissions on /home/bindmounts/tmp). [m450][root][~] ll /home/bindmounts/ total 20 drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Apr 29 13:36 . drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 May 1 00:08 .. drwxrwxrwt 10 root root 4096 May 4 22:00 tmp drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 Apr 29 03:53 usr drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 Apr 28 20:36 var I create *EMPTY* directories named /tmp /usr and /var on /. And then I bind mount the directories. Here's a snippet from /etc/fstab /home/bindmounts/var /var auto bind 0 0 /home/bindmounts/usr /usr auto bind 0 0 /home/bindmounts/tmp /tmp auto bind 0 0 Symlinks would normally work, too. However, if for some reason, the /home partition is unavailable at bootup, the system would complain about symlinks. With empty directories, you at least get a basic system booting up with fewer complaints. Let me repeat the reason for the "oddness". The stripped-down / partition is going to be pretty constant, so I don't have to allow lots of empty space as a safety margin. The wildcards, in terms of filespace are... - /var (logs and other stuff) - /usr (/usr/bin for all my apps, and /usr (share, portage, libs)) - /tmp (this is where big temporary files go) -- Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In linux /sbin/init is Job #1 Q. Mr. Ghandi, what do you think of Microsoft security? A. I think it would be a good idea. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
