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Date:      Wed, 26 Jun 2002 19:08:11 +0100
From:      Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
To:        Mikhail Teterin <mi+mx@aldan.algebra.com>
Cc:        Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/etc/mtree BSD.var.dist
Message-ID:  <20020626190811.C26954@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
In-Reply-To: <200206261052.55093.mi%2Bmx@aldan.algebra.com>; from mi%2Bmx@aldan.algebra.com on Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 10:52:55AM -0400
References:  <200206251949.46889.mi%2Bmx@aldan.algebra.com> <20020626015015.H3377@chiark.greenend.org.uk> <200206261052.55093.mi%2Bmx@aldan.algebra.com>

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On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 10:52:55AM -0400, Mikhail Teterin wrote:
> 
> Yes, but the template for mkdtemp() would by something like
> /var/run/sshd.XXXX, right?

I'm using /var/tmp because the directory is around for such a short
time. It seems to me to be a better fit.

> Actually, why not "fool about with it"? Like placing a README with
> "Hacking other people's systems without permission is a sin" into it?

Because that would be a waste of effort and would fail on some filesystems
(e.g. NFS) that don't allow you to do things to a removed directory.

Tony.
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