Messages in this thread |  | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: t bit and symlinks patch | Date | Fri, 18 Oct 1996 22:46:33 +0100 (BST) |
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> Here is an implementation of my proposal for fixing the > "symlink-in-/tmp" style of security hole. > > Please let me know if you can see any problems with this patch, or a > better way of doing it.
Nice idea. IMHO however the fix is to stop people writing applications that use /tmp for everything. /tmp was a great idea once upon a time. Its value nowdays is a bit questionable. Better that daemons use /var/run and applications $HOME/.files
Alan
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