Re: OT: TMPDIR
Re: OT: TMPDIR
- Subject: Re: OT: TMPDIR
- From: Bill Campbell <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:58:45 -0800
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On Thu, Nov 15, 2007, Jack Repenning wrote:
>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 ....
TMPDIR is often used by programs to allow admins or developers to
specify what directory to use for temporaries. This can be
useful to avoid programs that just store things in /tmp or other
places that aren't desirable for one reason or another.
Bill
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