Rob Owens wrote:
I'm not sure. ext2 has no journal, so I'd assume it's faster, but I
really don't know.
ext4 can be configured not to use a journal nor barriers. There's really no
point in using ext2 these days, I think.
-thib
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On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 11:12:18AM +0700, Alexey Salmin wrote:
> On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 6:30 AM, Andrew Reid wrote:
> > On Sunday 23 May 2010 18:46:29 Tom Furie wrote:
> >> Just for the sake of argument *why* is setting /tmp rw- a bad thing?
> >> Surely if you put a file there, you know the full
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 6:30 AM, Andrew Reid wrote:
> On Sunday 23 May 2010 18:46:29 Tom Furie wrote:
>> On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 10:38:48AM -0400, Andrew Reid wrote:
>> > Setting the *directory* noexec seems very bad, since the exec bit
>> > on directories controls the ability to cd to it, and t
On Sunday 23 May 2010 18:46:29 Tom Furie wrote:
> On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 10:38:48AM -0400, Andrew Reid wrote:
> > Setting the *directory* noexec seems very bad, since the exec bit
> > on directories controls the ability to cd to it, and turning that
> > off would make it largely useless.
>
> Jus
On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 10:38:48AM -0400, Andrew Reid wrote:
> Setting the *directory* noexec seems very bad, since the exec bit
> on directories controls the ability to cd to it, and turning that
> off would make it largely useless.
Just for the sake of argument *why* is setting /tmp rw- a ba
On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 07:14:21PM +0200, Klistvud wrote:
> Dne, 23. 05. 2010 17:00:09 je Rob Owens napisal(a):
>
>> If /tmp is its own partition, you might consider using ext2 for speed.
>> You could also consider RAID 0, if you have mulitple drives.
>
> A good suggestion, thanx. What about ext4,
On Sun,23.May.10, 10:38:48, Andrew Reid wrote:
[big snip]
+1 (informative)
Thanks,
Andrei
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Dne, 23. 05. 2010 12:28:36 je d.sastre.med...@gmail.com napisal(a):
Having /tmp mounted noexec,nosuid for security reasons, aptitude
failed to execute postinstall scripts.
The solution was to remount exec /tmp partition and rerun aptitude.
After that I had to add this to /etc/apt/apt.conf or unde
Dne, 23. 05. 2010 17:00:09 je Rob Owens napisal(a):
If /tmp is its own partition, you might consider using ext2 for speed.
You could also consider RAID 0, if you have mulitple drives.
A good suggestion, thanx. What about ext4, is it slower or faster than
ext2?
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Certifi
Thanx for your exhaustive answer, it's an enlightening read. The point
that appears particularly interesting to me personally is:
Permissions come
from the mounted FS, not the mount point, so make sure you set these
permissions while it's mounted.
It's always good to learn something new.
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On Sunday 23 May 2010 04:37:18 Klistvud wrote:
> Howdy, fellow Debianites!
> Given some extra hard drive space, I decided to move my /tmp dir
> (currently located under / ) to a partition of its own. I am looking
> forward to any advice, particularly of the been-there-done-that type:
> * how should
On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 10:37:18AM +0200, Klistvud wrote:
> Howdy, fellow Debianites!
> Given some extra hard drive space, I decided to move my /tmp dir
> (currently located under / ) to a partition of its own. I am looking
> forward to any advice, particularly of the been-there-done-that type:
On 05/23/2010 07:22 AM, Chris Bannister wrote:
On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 11:10:19AM +0200, Klistvud wrote:
Dne, 23. 05. 2010 10:45:36 je Ron Johnson napisal(a):
Why?
I frequently burn double-layer DVDs, requiring around 8GB of free
space for temporary files. Until now, I had to do that on ano
On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 11:10:19AM +0200, Klistvud wrote:
> Dne, 23. 05. 2010 10:45:36 je Ron Johnson napisal(a):
> >
> >Why?
> >
>
> I frequently burn double-layer DVDs, requiring around 8GB of free
> space for temporary files. Until now, I had to do that on another
> rig. Also, I'm planning to d
On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 11:10:19AM +0200, Klistvud wrote:
> Dne, 23. 05. 2010 10:45:36 je Ron Johnson napisal(a):
> > Why?
> I frequently burn double-layer DVDs, requiring around 8GB of free space
> for temporary files. Until now, I had to do that on another rig. Also,
> I'm planning to do some
Dne, 23. 05. 2010 10:45:36 je Ron Johnson napisal(a):
Why?
I frequently burn double-layer DVDs, requiring around 8GB of free space
for temporary files. Until now, I had to do that on another rig. Also,
I'm planning to do some video editing, which, I'm told, likewise
requires huge amount
On 05/23/2010 03:37 AM, Klistvud wrote:
Howdy, fellow Debianites!
Given some extra hard drive space, I decided to move my /tmp dir
(currently located under / ) to a partition of its own. I am looking
Why?
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Howdy, fellow Debianites!
Given some extra hard drive space, I decided to move my /tmp dir
(currently located under / ) to a partition of its own. I am looking
forward to any advice, particularly of the been-there-done-that type:
* how should I configure my fstab entry? How does Debian install
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