Re: [PATCH] set sticky bit when creating /var/tmp mount-point
Ethan Benson <erbenson@alaska.net> writes:
> On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 10:53:16PM +1300, Mark van Walraven wrote:
> > partition_config::mount_partition() uses mode 01777 when creating /tmp
> > as a mount-point, but doesn't for /target/var/tmp. A fix is:
>
> what good will this do? the permissions of the mount point
> directory are irrelevant as they will be replaced by the permissions
> of the root directory of the mounted filesystem.
It enables the use of vi for non-root users even when /var/tmp isn't
mounted ... uh ...
No, actually, if you use tmpfs for /var/tmp, it will use the same
permissions as the mount point, since there is no other place to store
that persistent configuration.
Kjetil T.
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