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On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, Socketd wrote:

> Hi again
>
> Would it be possible to have this configuration and not having the
> system fail (because of lacking rights or something):
>
> /tmp and /var/tmp 	noexec (I know /tmp has to be execuable to make
> world)

nosymfollow. I've not found anything that this breaks (except a
gazillion symlink race exploits).

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