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Debian's /tmpest in a teapot

Debian's /tmpest in a teapot

Posted Jun 4, 2024 11:39 UTC (Tue) by bluca (subscriber, #118303)
In reply to: Debian's /tmpest in a teapot by epa
Parent article: Debian's /tmpest in a teapot

It is specified - 10 days for /tmp and 30 for /var/tmp, and that includes mtime/atime/ctime. Have you _actually_ experienced that issue, or is it pure speculation based on cursory understanding of how this works?


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Debian's /tmpest in a teapot

Posted Jun 4, 2024 12:02 UTC (Tue) by epa (subscriber, #39769) [Link]

That’s great. I had thought the reaping period was probably unspecified.

While in general I dislike timing-dependent effects, such as timeouts after inactivity on a socket connection, they are a fact of life.


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