[18117] in bugtraq
Re: where user temp files should go, env var names
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Valdis Kletnieks)
Mon Dec 18 15:54:41 2000
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Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 15:26:21 -0500
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From: Valdis Kletnieks <Valdis.Kletnieks@VT.EDU>
X-To: outsider@LANGUSTA.STARNET.PL
To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 14 Dec 2000 17:12:08 +0100."
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On Thu, 14 Dec 2000 17:12:08 +0100, Andrzej Chabierski <outsider@LANGUSTA.STARNET.PL> said:
> - "/tmp",
> + (*myhomedir()) ? myhomedir() : "/tmp",
This of course leads to interesting failure modes if the reader of the mail
has a home directory that he doesn't have write permission to, or isn't
mounted at the moment, or similar.
Hint: How do you use Pine to send the sysadmin a "Help! /home didn't fsck
right after the reboot" message in this scenario? ;)
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Valdis Kletnieks
Operating Systems Analyst
Virginia Tech
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