[3298] in bugtraq
Re: Tired of /tmp? Here's a proposed solution
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thomas Koenig)
Wed Aug 28 13:54:38 1996
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 10:28:51 +0200
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From: Thomas Koenig <ig25@mvmampc66.ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de>
X-To: guido@dataweb.nl
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In-Reply-To: <199608270848.KAA09177@this.is.my.net> from "Guido M. Witmond" at
"Aug 27, 96 10:48:21 am"
Guido M. Witmond wrote:
>Well, this is a good quick hack. What about removing the CONCEPT of
>public writable filesystems like /tmp.
Agree 100%.
The best solution would be, IMHO, to give each user his or her
personal temporary directory, under /tmp/username, mode 700.
/tmp can stay 1777 for stuff like make files accessible to other
users.
Comments?
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