Date: Fri, 07 Nov 1997 20:41:59 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> Cc: Sheldon Hearn <axl@iafrica.com>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xemacs installs world writable dir Message-ID: <199711071842.UAA17890@greenpeace.grondar.za>
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Chuck Robey wrote: > On Fri, 7 Nov 1997, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > > The xemacs-20 port installs /usr/local/lib/xemacs/lock 777. This seems > > to me to be a bad thing. > > Seeing as that's a place any user has to be able to write and read from, > to obtain mutex locks, how else would you propose it be done? If you > restrict it, then it loses it's usefulness, right? Souldn't it be at least mode 1777? There is also the possibility of putting locks into (eg) /var/tmp, var/spool/lock and so on. Sheldon's objection to a publicly writable directory in /usr/local/<somewhere> is IMVHO valid. > > Surely there must be some less religiously offensive way? Right. I'd go with /var/tmp/<portname>/ (at a quick guess). M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org
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