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[linux-security] Re: Re: [linux-alert] More sendmail problems...

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marc Ewing)
Mon Mar 24 19:00:13 1997

To: linux-security@redhat.com
In-reply-to: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970324142938.30501H-100000@grizzly.patriotnet.com>
   from "Steve \"Stevers!\" Coile" <scoile@patriot.net>  on Mon, 24 Mar 1997 
 14:33:02 EST.
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 17:07:08 -0500
From: Marc Ewing <marc@redhat.com>
Resent-From: linux-security@redhat.com
Reply-To: linux-security@redhat.com

[Mod: trimmed -- alex]

> >	/tmp		(nosuid,noexec,nodev)
> >	/var		(nosuid,noexec,nodev)
> 
> Red Hat Linux, at least, won't like this, as the Red Hat Package Manager,
> "rpm", builds scripts in and attempts to execute scripts out of /tmp.  =(

By default.  You can configure the temp directory used with /etc/rpmrc.

-Marc


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