Separating /tmp and /var/tmp

**tch3** · February 3rd, 2007, 2:27 PM

/tmp and /var/tmp should not be the same location.

/tmp gets cleaned out every time the server is rebooted.
/var/tmp isn't supposed to.

At least, this is the behaviour I'm accustomed to in every unix environment I've administered.

Currently, /var/tmp is a symlink to /tmp and I want to change that.

Since this is the first time I've had a dedicated server without any kind of console access or console server (I love my Sun boxes!), is support usually pretty quick to respond if something goes awry? I am sure nothing is going happen, but I want to make sure my machine's not going to be down for any length of time while waiting on support.

**DewKnight** · February 3rd, 2007, 5:40 PM

When it's an issue that needs to go to level 3 support, it can take a little longer than normal, but every ticket that I've put in has been fixed quite fast for our dedi at work

**tch3** · February 3rd, 2007, 11:58 PM

Thanks.
I made the change and the only thing which had anything written to the directory was actually written only to /tmp, so I stopped the service (even though it wasn't necessary), removed the symlink, created the new directory and restarted the service. It's all good.

My first thought was if enough things kept items in /var/tmp, I would need a reboot. Thankfully, that wasn't the case.

February 3rd, 2007, 2:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
tch3 Destroyer of Evil Robots Excelling Contributor Joined in Oct 2003 Lives in Atlanta, GA 760 posts Gave thanks: 17 Thanked 9 times	Separating /tmp and /var/tmp /tmp and /var/tmp should not be the same location. /tmp gets cleaned out every time the server is rebooted. /var/tmp isn't supposed to. At least, this is the behaviour I'm accustomed to in every unix environment I've administered. Currently, /var/tmp is a symlink to /tmp and I want to change that. Since this is the first time I've had a dedicated server without any kind of console access or console server (I love my Sun boxes!), is support usually pretty quick to respond if something goes awry? I am sure nothing is going happen, but I want to make sure my machine's not going to be down for any length of time while waiting on support. __________________ clair http://tch3.com (dedicated)

February 3rd, 2007, 5:40 PM	#2 (permalink)
DewKnight Skittles Super #1 Joined in Aug 2004 Lives in a space ship Hosted on dedi 6,816 posts Gave thanks: 101 Thanked 199 times	When it's an issue that needs to go to level 3 support, it can take a little longer than normal, but every ticket that I've put in has been fixed quite fast for our dedi at work __________________ Mountain Dew Knight People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.

February 3rd, 2007, 11:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
tch3 Destroyer of Evil Robots Excelling Contributor Joined in Oct 2003 Lives in Atlanta, GA 760 posts Gave thanks: 17 Thanked 9 times	Thanks. I made the change and the only thing which had anything written to the directory was actually written only to /tmp, so I stopped the service (even though it wasn't necessary), removed the symlink, created the new directory and restarted the service. It's all good. My first thought was if enough things kept items in /var/tmp, I would need a reboot. Thankfully, that wasn't the case. __________________ clair http://tch3.com (dedicated)

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