# Handle Temporary Directories in the Container

## Tags

* type: feature
* assigned: fredm
* priority: critical
* status: closed, completed
* keywords: production, container, tux04
* interested: alexk, aruni, bonfacem, pjotrp, zsloan

## Description

The container's temporary directories should be in a large partition on the host to avoid a scenario where the writes fill up one of the smaller drives.

Currently, we use the `/tmp` directory by default, but we should look into transitioning away from that — `/tmp` is world readable and world writable and therefore needs careful consideration to keep safe.

Thankfully, we are running our systems within a container, and can bind the container's `/tmp` directory to a non-world-accessible directory, keeping things at least contained.

### Fixes

=> https://git.genenetwork.org/gn-machines/commit/?id=7306f1127df9d4193adfbfa51295615f13d32b55