chattr +a can not run

Irenge

Hi there,

I use Fedora 27. I was doing the lab on chattr . When I hit the command

chattr +a /tmp/appendit

It returns

chattr: Inappropriate ioctl for device while reading flags on /tmp/appendit

Any idea on how to tackle this issue please

Thanks

 

 

 

chinthaka.deshapriya

Observe the output of df -h abd you will see it like below

tmpfs                       3.9G   96K  3.9G   1% /tmp

tmpfs means /tmp is mounted using RAM. You cannot set this extended attrributes on tmpfss

coop

If you type :  systemctl mask tmp.mount   and then reboot, /tmp will no longer be mounted in RAM.  I always do that and keep my eyes on cleaning up tmp, I run scripts to do that.  I don't like it going into memory as some apps still put too much in /tmp by default.

coop

If you type :  systemctl mask tmp.mount   and then reboot, /tmp will no longer be mounted in RAM.  I always do that and keep my eyes on cleaning up tmp, I run scripts to do that.  I don't like it going into memory as some apps still put too much in /tmp by default.