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Re: OT: TMPDIR
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Re: OT: TMPDIR


  • Subject: Re: OT: TMPDIR
  • From: Jack Repenning <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:57:01 -0800

On Nov 15, 2007, at 5:46 PM, Ben Byer wrote:

It's using Special launchd Sauce to securely create these directories. I don't yet know of any formal documentation, but you might take a peek at its implementation: http://www.opensource.apple.com/darwinsource/10.5/system_cmds-431/dirhelper.tproj/

Is there a record of the discussion that led to this change somewhere? I'm having worried thoughts about systems that use $TMPDIR for file sharing among processes running as different users ....


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