Re: [PATCH] set sticky bit when creating /var/tmp mount-point

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] set sticky bit when creating /var/tmp mount-point
From: "John H. Robinson, IV" <jhriv@ucsd.edu>
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 20:03:43 -0800
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On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 03:06:38PM -0900, Ethan Benson wrote:
> 
> your missing the point:

/tmp and /var/tmp are being treated differently. with no good reason.

thus i submit: fix /tmp, or fix /var/tmp, so they both act the same way.

consitency is the path to least surprise.

-john

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