From owner-freebsd-bugs Fri Aug 6 13:30:29 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 637471574C for ; Fri, 6 Aug 1999 13:30:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id NAA30652; Fri, 6 Aug 1999 13:30:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 13:30:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199908062030.NAA30652@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Neil Blakey-Milner Subject: Re: bin/13005: make rc use mktemp for temporary motd file Reply-To: Neil Blakey-Milner Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR bin/13005; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Neil Blakey-Milner To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Subject: Re: bin/13005: make rc use mktemp for temporary motd file Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 22:26:22 +0200 On Fri 1999-08-06 (20:13), nbm@rucus.ru.ac.za wrote: > rc currently uses the file /tmp/_motd as a temporary file, and despite > attempting to delete it, that operation may fail (chflags) and cause > arbitrary non-roots to effectively replace the motd at bootup. Cancel that, I really should keep up to date and not sit on patches for more than two days. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message