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Date:      Fri, 24 Mar 1995 05:04:33 -0600 (CST)
From:      Jim Bryant <jbryant@server.iadfw.net>
To:        charly@Fachschaften.TU-Muenchen.DE (Jan)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: /tmp
Message-ID:  <199503241104.FAA17976@news.iadfw.net>
In-Reply-To: <199503232228.AA00329@fssrv.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de> from "Jan" at Mar 23, 95 11:28:20 pm

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In reply:
> Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 23:28:20 +0100
> From: "Jan (Charly) Conrad" <charly@Fachschaften.TU-Muenchen.DE>
> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
> Subject: /tmp
> 
> Hi,
> 
> i have a few question regarding the structure of /var and /tmp in 2.0-R (or
> BSD 4.4 in general):
> 
> When installing from scratch 2.0-R comes up with 
> drwxr-xr-x /tmp
> drwxrwxrwx /var/tmp
> 
> In my opinion /tmp should be also drwxrwxrwx....

/tmp and /var/tmp should ALWAYS be 1777 [drwxrwxrwt], unless you like Joe 
Hacker messing with your temp files!

man 8 sticky

Jim
-- 
All opinions expressed are mine, if you   | "I will not be pushed, stamped,
think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or
radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!!     | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner"
     jbryant@server.iadfw.net, System administrator, Internet America



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