[SOLVED] tmp not cleared

mgmartins · 2012-06-18 11:13:37

After initscripts update, my /tmp dir isn't cleared after every boot.

Last edited by mgmartins (2012-06-25 10:21:22)

graysky · 2012-06-18 11:43:44

Are you certain? Is it mounted as tmpfs?

mgmartins · 2012-06-18 11:54:30

I've /tmp as a root folder and not as a partition.

graysky · 2012-06-18 12:22:18

mgmartins wrote:

I've /tmp as a root folder and not as a partition.

So you've modified the default scripts and made tmp as a dir on a physical disk... Why would you expect it to clear on a reboot?

jelly · 2012-06-18 13:11:44

Since the new initscripts, Archlinux advices to mount /tmp on tmpfs
More info:
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/ … 99432.html

x33a · 2012-06-18 15:47:07

graysky wrote:

mgmartins wrote:
I've /tmp as a root folder and not as a partition.
So you've modified the default scripts and made tmp as a dir on a physical disk... Why would you expect it to clear on a reboot?

If i am not mistaken, /tmp used to be cleared on every reboot, even before migration to tmpfs.

tomegun · 2012-06-18 19:59:20

the behavior changed slightly: we now delete any files that have not been accessed in 10 days. The functionality can be tweaked by copying /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tmp.conf to /etc/tmpfiles.d/ and editing it there. To learn about the format check out "man tmpfiles.d".

If you wish you could call "/usr/bin/systemd-tmpfiles --clean" from a cronjob every day or so, and it will then delete all files older than 10 days as well (or whatever you configured).

cgarcia · 2012-06-18 21:22:54

Yes, I have the same issue. My tmp is no longer mounted by default in tmpfs. I have garbage in /tmp since 10 june (just the day after initscripts were upgraded to 2012.06.1-1).

EDIT: I just have tested another machine and indeed /tmp was not mounted as tmpfs (as I incorrectly believed)!. Well, time to do it...

Last edited by cgarcia (2012-06-18 21:31:49)

tomegun · 2012-06-18 21:57:45

@cgarcia: the default fstab mounts /tmp as tmpfs, but if you overwrite that, we don't force it.

replabrobin · 2012-07-15 11:07:58

I have some other entries in fstab which I'm not sure about; I checked the latest fstab and it only has tmpfs; can anyone say if these entries are actually required?

devpts                 /dev/pts      devpts    defaults            0      0
shm                    /dev/shm      tmpfs     nodev,nosuid        0      0

tomegun · 2012-07-15 11:54:41

replabrobin wrote:

I have some other entries in fstab which I'm not sure about; I checked the latest fstab and it only has tmpfs; can anyone say if these entries are actually required?
devpts                 /dev/pts      devpts    defaults            0      0
shm                    /dev/shm      tmpfs     nodev,nosuid        0      0

They are not needed. Only add them if you want to override the standard mount options we use in initsctipts/systemd.

kokoko3k · 2012-08-08 13:59:50

tomegun wrote:

the behavior changed slightly: we now delete any files that have not been accessed in 10 days. The functionality can be tweaked by copying /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tmp.conf to /etc/tmpfiles.d/ and editing it there. To learn about the format check out "man tmpfiles.d".
If you wish you could call "/usr/bin/systemd-tmpfiles --clean" from a cronjob every day or so, and it will then delete all files older than 10 days as well (or whatever you configured).

i'm not using any tmpfs because my install is very old and i don't like to worry about ram everytime i copy something to /tmp.
Now i've in /tmp a file from june, something isn't working?

Going to try tmp.conf ...

-edit
For some reason the access time of all of my files in /tmp is set to the time i boot the system, so it never get cleared.
Seems:

D /tmp 1777 root root

will mimic the old behaviour

Last edited by kokoko3k (2012-08-08 14:25:53)

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