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On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 09:15:47AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote |
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> On Friday 04 May 2007, waltdnes@××××××××.org wrote: |
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> > I accomplish this by moving /tmp /usr and /var to the /home |
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> > partition. |
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> Surely you meant "move the /tmp, /usr and /var to the / partition"? |
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Let me rephrase myself... |
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- *PHYSICALLY* moving /tmp /usr and /var to the /home partition. |
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- bind mount (or symlink) these directories to the / partition |
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> It won't work moving them to /home unless you put symlinks in and |
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> that would just be ... odd |
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It may be "odd", but it gets the job done. The files end up |
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*PHYSICALLY* residing in the /home partition, but *LOGICALLY* on /tmp, |
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/usr and /var. Here's how I implement it. I set up /tmp /usr and /var |
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in /home/bindmounts/ (note the permissions on /home/bindmounts/tmp). |
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[m450][root][~] ll /home/bindmounts/ |
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total 20 |
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drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Apr 29 13:36 . |
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drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 May 1 00:08 .. |
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drwxrwxrwt 10 root root 4096 May 4 22:00 tmp |
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drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 Apr 29 03:53 usr |
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drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 Apr 28 20:36 var |
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I create *EMPTY* directories named /tmp /usr and /var on /. And then I |
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bind mount the directories. Here's a snippet from /etc/fstab |
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/home/bindmounts/var /var auto bind 0 0 |
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/home/bindmounts/usr /usr auto bind 0 0 |
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/home/bindmounts/tmp /tmp auto bind 0 0 |
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Symlinks would normally work, too. However, if for some reason, the |
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/home partition is unavailable at bootup, the system would complain |
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about symlinks. With empty directories, you at least get a basic system |
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booting up with fewer complaints. |
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Let me repeat the reason for the "oddness". The stripped-down / |
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partition is going to be pretty constant, so I don't have to allow lots |
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of empty space as a safety margin. The wildcards, in terms of filespace |
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are... |
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- /var (logs and other stuff) |
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- /usr (/usr/bin for all my apps, and /usr (share, portage, libs)) |
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- /tmp (this is where big temporary files go) |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> In linux /sbin/init is Job #1 |
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Q. Mr. Ghandi, what do you think of Microsoft security? |
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A. I think it would be a good idea. |
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