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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news.idt.net!mr.net!news.mid.net!news.creighton.edu!bluejay.creighton.edu!lsheldon From: "L. F. Sheldon, Jr." <lsheldon@creighton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Limiting /tmp usage Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 21:43:56 -0600 Organization: Creighton University, Omaha Nebraska USA Lines: 32 Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.95.961223214206.20927A-100000@bluejay.creighton.edu> References: <59mvr4$283@fridge-nf0.shore.net> <59n1n2$495@fridge-nf0.shore.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: bluejay-nfs.creighton.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <59n1n2$495@fridge-nf0.shore.net> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.admin:52238 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:32955 On 23 Dec 1996, Nathan V. Patwardhan wrote: > Brian Beaulieu (brianb@shore.net) wrote: > : I'm running FreeBSD 2.2-ALPHA with system quotas. I was wondering how I > : could limit the usage of /tmp by users. The quota fs is /usr/home, which > : doesn't include /tmp. Has anyone found a solution for this problem? > > Even easier than quotas. Run a cron that job clears out /tmp (by uid, > perhaps) every x m/h/day, whatever. Naturally, advise your users of > this. :) You could even write the script your cron job executes to > warn (via e-mail, zwrite, etc) users that in x amount of time their > files will be removed from /tmp. We have had a long-standing policy, enforced by an "electric janitor" that deletes anything in /tmp owned by somebody not currently logged on. -- -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- . . - L. F. (Larry) Sheldon, Jr. - . Unix Systems Administration . - Creighton University Computer Center-Old Gym - . 2500 California Plaza . - Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A. 68178 We are all faced with - . lsheldon@creighton.edu great opportunities . - 402 280-2254 (work) brilliantly disguised as - . 402 681-4726 (cellular) impossible situations. . - 402 977-2946 (pager) - . 402 332-4622 (residence) Bits and Pieces . - - .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.