Directory /tmp

leonep

• April 08, 2016 13:07

Hi guys i am looking for increase security . Reading Tips to Make Your Server More Secure - cPanel Knowledge Base - cPanel Documentation i have found tips called "Harden your /tmp partition" in my config i have: XXXX@XXXXX [/]# df -h /tmp/ Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/root 20G 8.8G 9.7G 48% / and /etc/fstab: # /dev/md2 / ext3 errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/md3 /home ext3 usrjquota=quota.user,jqfmt=vfsv0 1 2 /dev/sda4 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/sdb4 swap swap defaults 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0 Cpanel recommend to use a separate /tmp partition that you mount with the nosuid option. I am not expert in partitioning but i want secure my /tmp if possible. can someone help me please? thanks

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  cPanelMichael

  • April 08, 2016 18:56

  Hello :) You can utilize the following command to secure your /tmp partition:
  /scripts/securetmp
  Thank you.

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