From owner-freebsd-current Thu Aug 29 02:07:37 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id CAA27172 for current-outgoing; Thu, 29 Aug 1996 02:07:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from render.gu.kiev.ua (render.gu.kiev.ua [193.124.51.65]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id CAA27112 for ; Thu, 29 Aug 1996 02:06:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from creator.gu.kiev.ua (root@creator.gu.kiev.ua [193.124.51.73]) by render.gu.kiev.ua with ESMTP id JAA00050 for ; Thu, 29 Aug 1996 09:25:39 +0300 Received: (from stesin@localhost) by creator.gu.kiev.ua id JAA07365 for current@freebsd.org; Thu, 29 Aug 1996 09:24:17 +0300 Received: from acc0.elvisti.kiev.ua (acc0.elvisti.kiev.ua [193.125.28.132]) by creator.gu.kiev.ua with ESMTP id UAA02765 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 1996 20:39:08 +0300 Received: from office.elvisti.kiev.ua (office.elvisti.kiev.ua [193.125.28.129]) by acc0.elvisti.kiev.ua (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA20263 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 1996 20:41:17 +0300 (EET DST) Received: from brimstone.netspace.org ([128.148.157.143]) by office.elvisti.kiev.ua (8.6.12/8.ElVisti) with ESMTP id UAA23879 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 1996 20:40:09 +0300 Received: from netspace.org ([128.148.157.6]) by brimstone.netspace.org with ESMTP id <22756-9751>; Wed, 28 Aug 1996 13:34:15 -0500 Received: from netspace.org (netspace [128.148.157.6]) by netspace.org (8.7/8.6.12) with SMTP id NAA08273; Wed, 28 Aug 1996 13:28:15 -0400 Received: from NETSPACE.ORG by NETSPACE.ORG (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8b) with spool id 310032 for BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG; Wed, 28 Aug 1996 12:57:19 -0400 Received: from netspace.org (netspace [128.148.157.6]) by netspace.org (8.7/8.6.12) with SMTP id MAA05096 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 1996 12:51:38 -0400 Approved-By: ALEPH1@UNDERGROUND.ORG Received: from mvmap66.ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de (mvmap66.ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de [129.13.110.66]) by netspace.org (8.7/8.6.12) with ESMTP id EAA29584 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 1996 04:29:26 -0400 Received: (from ig25@localhost) by mvmap66.ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de (8.7.5/8.6.12) id KAA00184; Wed, 28 Aug 1996 10:28:51 +0200 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL17 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Approved-By: Thomas Koenig Message-ID: <199608280828.KAA00184@mvmap66.ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de> Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 10:28:51 +0200 Reply-To: Bugtraq List From: Thomas Koenig Subject: Re: Tired of /tmp? Here's a proposed solution X-To: guido@dataweb.nl To: Multiple recipients of list BUGTRAQ In-Reply-To: <199608270848.KAA09177@this.is.my.net> from "Guido M. Witmond" at "Aug 27, 96 10:48:21 am" Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Guido M. Witmond wrote: >Well, this is a good quick hack. What about removing the CONCEPT of >public writable filesystems like /tmp. Agree 100%. The best solution would be, IMHO, to give each user his or her personal temporary directory, under /tmp/username, mode 700. /tmp can stay 1777 for stuff like make files accessible to other users. Comments? -- Thomas Koenig, Thomas.Koenig@ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de, ig25@dkauni2.bitnet. The joy of engineering is to find a straight line on a double logarithmic diagram.