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Date:      Fri, 6 Aug 1999 13:30:01 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org>
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: bin/13005: make rc use mktemp for temporary motd file
Message-ID:  <199908062030.NAA30652@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR bin/13005; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org>
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.
 


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