Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 07:28:34 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: freebsd@dreamchaser.org Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: curious -- what's /tmp/fam-root ? Message-ID: <20121115072834.0c034202.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <50A3FD6E.6080607@dreamchaser.org> References: <50A3FD6E.6080607@dreamchaser.org>
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On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:22:06 -0700, Gary Aitken wrote: > Just curious; what's the purpose of /tmp/fam-root, and what is written there? > Is it simply where the os writes stuff which is sensitive, > and putting it in a rwx------ directory avoids potential security issues > regarding file access? > or is there more to it than that? I think this is part of FAM - file alternation monitor, and the particular directory is for root, that's why it is "user-protected". I'm not sure if this is part of the OS, cf. port gio-fam-backend (belongs to GIO, which probably belongs to something else that is then required by again something else...). -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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