tmpDSK

[ethix]

I have a VPS CentOS/Cpanel and in
/usr i have tmpDSK which is 500 Megs and has a Modified date of 02/11/06 (i have had the VPS about a month)

i was wondering what is tmpDSK for?

[Vin DSL]

I dunno, but anything I see that contains temp, tmp, bak, bkspu, et cetera, is killed on sight!

Hasn't caused a problem yet...

[ethix]

lol i was thinking the same thing but thought i might ask others as i cant workout why it is there... my temp as far as i know is located in /var/tmp/

so anyhow i will prob delete it and see what happenes lo, i did rename it for a bit and couldnt see anything that was affacted by it

[Ron]

mv tmpDSK tmpDSK_GonnaDeleteThisSoonButIAmChicken

[Gwaihir]

Google says it has to do with hardening your /tmp. Look at the securetmp script for answers , it's said to create that folder.

[ethix]

thanks mate

im still a tad confused but im sure i will get there lol

[thisisit3]

VPS systems are created from a pre-made image. That image contains lots of "stale" directories and files.

I've done a search for files dated in 2006 and deleted most of them.

[ethix]

ah ok mate, thanks for that info

[JPC-Masood]

This is created by cpanel to secure tmp folder.