Re: [PLUG] Linux n00b question

[JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org>]

On 01/08/2011 12:28 PM, plug-request@lists.phillylinux.org wrote:
> Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2011 09:33:14 -0500
> From: "Paul W. Roach III"<paul@isaroach.com>
>
> Having a separate /var is always a good practice.  Additionally, /tmp is a
> good one to break out.  This prevents (mostly scripts written by you) from
> using up all of / with pointless logs or tmpfiles.

And now we come full circle.  Sure, those are a good idea, if you 
already know what you're doing, what the system will do, and how it will 
behave and change over time.  If you are just starting out, or simply 
don't want to be bothered thinking about all of that, read the rest of 
the thread again.


As for /tmp, install *and then turn on* the tmpreaper package and call 
it a day.

$ sudo aptitude install tmpreaper
$ man tmpreaper
$ sudo vi /etc/tmpreaper.conf
	change:	SHOWWARNING=true
	to:	# SHOWWARNING=true


I should also mention Rich's point about needing a separate /boot/ when 
using some RAID, LVM or encryption.  Very true, and in those cases I do 
use a separate 250M /boot/ (overkill, but with today's disk sizes I 
don't care).  I should have noted that, good catch Rich.  This is 
especially important for whole-disk encryption, which we should all have 
at least on our laptops, right?

Later,
JP
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