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Date:      	Wed, 28 Aug 1996 10:28:51 +0200
From:      Thomas Koenig <ig25@mvmampc66.ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de>
To:        Multiple recipients of list BUGTRAQ <BUGTRAQ@netspace.org>
Subject:        Re: Tired of /tmp? Here's a proposed solution
Message-ID:  <199608280828.KAA00184@mvmap66.ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de>
In-Reply-To:  <199608270848.KAA09177@this.is.my.net> from "Guido M. Witmond" at "Aug 27, 96 10:48:21 am"

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Guido M. Witmond wrote:

>Well, this is a good quick hack. What about removing the CONCEPT of
>public writable filesystems like /tmp.

Agree 100%.

The best solution would be, IMHO, to give each user his or her
personal temporary directory, under /tmp/username, mode 700.
/tmp can stay 1777 for stuff like make files accessible to other
users.

Comments?
--
Thomas Koenig, Thomas.Koenig@ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de, ig25@dkauni2.bitnet.
The joy of engineering is to find a straight line on a double
logarithmic diagram.




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