[9521] in bugtraq
Re: Lynx /tmp problem
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Glynn Clements)
Fri Feb 12 17:25:04 1999
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 08:47:00 +0000
Reply-To: Glynn Clements <glynn@SENSEI.CO.UK>
From: Glynn Clements <glynn@SENSEI.CO.UK>
X-To: Juan Diego Bolanos <diego@HERCULES.UNIVALLE.EDU.CO>
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.05.9902092055170.1485-100000@hercules.univalle.edu.co>
Juan Diego Bolanos wrote:
> Hi Aleph,
> please filter this if already posted....
The fact that lynx has potential /tmp problems was discussed last
March:
From: Michal Zalewski <lcamtuf@BOSS.STASZIC.WAW.PL>
Subject: Another day, another race - lynx 2.7.1
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 15:39:58 +0100
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980317152338.14878A-100000@genome>
> I have found a bug in Lynx all versions, except the latest stable
> release...
>
> lynx create temporary files in /tmp in this way....
[details of your average /tmp problem snipped].
From the INSTALLATION file:
The environment variable "LYNX_TEMP_SPACE", if set, will override the
default path prefix for temporary files that was defined via the constant
"TEMP_SPACE" in userdefs.h. See userdefs.h for more information.
--
Glynn Clements <glynn@sensei.co.uk>
