Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 08:29:41 -0700 (PDT) From: ann kok <annkok2001@yahoo.com> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tmp security Message-ID: <20011016152941.21060.qmail@web20110.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <15304.59469.745740.9242@guru.mired.org>
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Dear Mike Many thanks for your reply For Q2, could you give me example? Tks a lots --- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> wrote: > ann kok <annkok2001@yahoo.com> types: > > Hi all > > I have two questions about tmp directory > > 1/ is it automatically clear file after reboot > > Not by default. If you want it cleared, either 1) > add > "clear_tmp_enable=YES" to /etc/rc.conf, or 2) mount > it on a memory > file system. > > > 2/ how do I get information about tmp security? > > I read a book a command 'sort', suggest not to use > tmp > > as temp directory > > It's insecure to use predictable names for temporary > files if you put > them where other users can create symlinks. Use the > mktemp(3) > function(s) to generate names, and you can avoid > that problem. > > <mike > -- > Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> > http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > Q: How do you make the gods laugh? A: Tell them > your plans. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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