Re: [Sheflug] Sheflug Meeting / AccessSpace NIS

[Will Newton <nospam [at] misconception.org.uk>]

On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Matthew Palmer wrote:

> That is, potentially, a more serious problem, since DEADJOE is created in
> the directory of the edited file, and (occasionally) root may want to edit
> files in /tmp.  Creating a DEADJOE file, however, is still better than
> losing a chunk of typed text when the modem link dies.  A little more
> thought just needed to be put into the creation of the DEADJOE files.
> Exploiting that error, too, is a *lot* more difficult - it's basically a
> case of random chance that the root user is the one who is editing a file
> in a publically writable directory when the editor receives a deadly signal
> (which, incidentally, ordinary users can't send to that process).

man mkstemp


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