From: Chris L. <ch...@ex...> - 2005-11-25 23:46:37
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On Fri, Nov 25, 2005 at 02:18:43PM -0600, Rob Landley wrote: > Using /tmp for anything has been kind of discouraged for a while, because > throwing any insufficiently randomized filename in there is a security hole > waiting to happen. Which case are you worried about here? SFAIK all the filesystems anyone is likely to mount on /tmp implement O_EXCL correctly, and in any case (as was remarked elsewhere) there's always mkdir. -- Sudden death syndrome, eh? Sounds nasty. What are the symptoms? (seen on the internet) |