Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: what's next for the linux kernel? | From | Nix <> | Date | Wed, 05 Oct 2005 15:34:53 +0100 |
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On 4 Oct 2005, Bodo Eggert stated: > BTW: YANI: That about a tmpfs where all-numerical entries can only be > created by the corresponding UID? This would provide a secure, private > tmp directory to each user without the possibility of races and denial-of- > service attacks. Maybe it should be controlled by a mount flag.
Wouldn't it be less kludgy to just use the existing private namespace stuff to provide each user with its own /tmp? (Or each user's session, rather, which is probably much easier, as that corresponds precisely to one process tree).
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