From owner-freebsd-ports Fri Nov 7 11:06:17 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA17063 for ports-outgoing; Fri, 7 Nov 1997 11:06:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-ports) Received: from gratis.grondar.za (gratis.grondar.za [196.7.18.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA17056 for ; Fri, 7 Nov 1997 11:06:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@greenpeace.grondar.za) Received: from greenpeace.grondar.za (A27NoQlhPROpvi0Ex3HzmWEhO8077Blj@greenpeace.grondar.za [196.7.18.132]) by gratis.grondar.za (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA12075; Fri, 7 Nov 1997 21:06:17 +0200 (SAT) (envelope-from mark@greenpeace.grondar.za) Received: from greenpeace.grondar.za (921AWhRugJogUCUqAHS47iVfn/N4braH@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by greenpeace.grondar.za (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA18132; Fri, 7 Nov 1997 21:08:14 +0200 (SAST) Message-Id: <199711071908.VAA18132@greenpeace.grondar.za> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Chuck Robey cc: Mark Murray , Sheldon Hearn , freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xemacs installs world writable dir Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 07 Nov 1997 21:08:14 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Chuck Robey wrote: > > > > Surely there must be some less religiously offensive way? > > > > Right. I'd go with /var/tmp// (at a quick guess). > > Well, at a minimum, then, couldn't it respect the user's TMPDIR variable? > I don't put my tmp stuff in the /, and I don't have a separate /var. I > set TMPDIR to /usr/tmp, which is large enough not to care. How does the app work? It may _need_ a common (hardwired) dir to put its locks in. Something that cannot be overridden by its users. M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org