Date: Sat, 08 Nov 1997 10:11:33 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: Sheldon Hearn <axl@iafrica.com> Cc: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xemacs installs world writable dir Message-ID: <199711080811.KAA23078@greenpeace.grondar.za>
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Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > > On Fri, 7 Nov 1997, Mark Murray wrote: > > > Right. I'd go with /var/tmp/<portname>/ (at a quick guess). > > Well, from my (albeit plebian) understanding of hier(7), /var/tmp is for > things that need to survive reboots. I understand that /tmp is for > things that can die with the box's consciousness. You are right. It seems that /va/run is the religiously correct dir to use, as it gets blatted at boot time. > I don't like the idea of offering lusers a menu of abusible directories Quite so. M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org
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