On Tue, 13 Jul 2004, Jeff Newmiller wrote: [From Gentoo Handbook, Section 4e, on mounting partitions]
>>> Note: If you want your /tmp to reside on a separate partition, >>> be sure to change its permissions after mounting: chmod 1777 >>> /mnt/gentoo/tmp. This also holds for /var/tmp. [My question, as a user who simply plans a separate /var partition] >> Should I take this to mean after following the example of Code Listing >> 15 for mounting the /var partition -- say hda9 -- I should then create >> a /var/tmp directory manually and apply chmod 1777? >> >> # mkdir /mnt/gentoo/var >> # mount /dev/hda9 /mnt/gentoo/var >> # mkdir /mnt/gentoo/var/tmp >> # chmod 1777 /mnt/gentoo/var/tmp [From your reply] > I have never made /var/tmp a separate partition, and I have never > installed Gentoo. However, below you seem to be asking about > mounting and permissions at the same time... that is, at a time in > the install process when you should be focussing on mounting, you > seem to be concerned with permissions on a directory that you don't > appear to be mounting anything on. The lack of clarity is probably > a result of being new to the world of permissions and > mounting... but if you try to focus on one thing in the installation > instructions at a time, you will be more likely to succeed (if not, > the instructions need updating). Hello, there, Jeff, and thank you for your helpful advice to one who is indeed new to the concept of "mounting a filesystem." When I read your reply, I'm also persuaded that the remark about /var/tmp likely applies only if it is used itself as the mountpoint for a partition. Reading some of the archives for the Gentoo Forums has shown me that other Linux newbies can also (mis)read this comment about /var/tmp to apply to the situation of simply having a separate /var partition, where as you explain the installation script will likely take care of creating /var/tmp and assigning it the appropriate permissions automatically. The Gentoo people strive to make their documentation as friendly as possible for users at all levels of experience, so I'm considering a query about a possible clarification in this section of the Handbook that the remark about manually setting 'chmod 1777' for /var/tmp applies only if it is the mountpoint for a partition. Thank you for helping me to approach the installation process more confidently, and giving me a better understanding of the issues so that I can write a more effective query to the Gentoo people. Most appreciatively, Margo Schulter [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
