Hi Steve,

thanks for the guide!

So, I guess something like
~~> /etc/systemd/system/tmp.mount
> Options=mode=1777,strictatime,xattr
could work - in principle

However, I searched a bit more and stumbled over

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-989214-view-next.html?sid=c811278b29eb4c49f2505f3619b157f6
https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/46341/is-it-possible-to-enable-xattr-on-tmpfs/

from the comments it sounds like, that extended attributes are
(intendedly?) not supported for /tmp&tmpfs ?!

Actually, this makes me wonder, if by principle there is no SELinux
cover on tmp(fs) possible, since afaik the security contexts are kept as
extended attributes, or?

Cheers and thanks,
  Thomas


On 18.06.2015 10:49, Steve Traylen wrote:
> On 06/18/2015 09:35 AM, Thomas Hartmann wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am looking for a way to enable extended attributes for /tmp, i.e.,
>> tmpfs maintained by systemctl?
>> AFAIK most recent file system support being mounted with xattr, but I
>> have no idea how to get systemctl to mount tmpfs with extended
>> attributes?
>>
>> Cheers and thanks for ideas,
>>    Thomas
>>
> 
> Hi Thomas,
> 
> 
> Check the status of
> 
> # systemctl status tmp.mount
> 
> by default it is masked and you basically can't mount /tmp from
> /etc/fstab. It will be ignored.
> 
> Running,
> 
> # systemctl enable tmp.mount
> 
> and /tmp will become a tmpfs on reboot.
> 
> I have not tried but I expect if you
> 
> # cp /lib/systemd/system/tmp.mount /etc/systemd/system/
> 
> and you should be able to edit the mount options in the new file.
> 
> Finally this is one other option which is
> 
> # system unmask tmp.mount
> 
> This will allow you to use /etc/fstab to define a /tmp filesystem.
> 
> I now confused why the last one is 'unmask' but that is what I am doing
> on lxplus7.cern.ch where we use big disk for /tmp.
> 
>      Steve.
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