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Bug#3140: etc/init.d/boot has rm -f bugs



Chris Fearnley:
> Why the hell is this done at boot-up (sorry, but I had a crash and lost
> a /tmp file that was an editing session, hoo boy). At least keep things
> in /tmp for 3 days!!!

I agree that things in /tmp should be kept for at least 3 days - but...

> Moreover this is a security bug as indicated in the recent discussion
> on find and rm.

At the time /etc/init.d/boot is run, there are probably no users logged
in and trying to exploit the race condition.  So, I don't think this is
a security bug...

Marek


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