Re: Re: [devel] proposal: per-user temporary directories on by default? [Martin Pool <mbp@sourcefrog.net>, Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 03:10:57PM +1000, <[🔎] pan.2003.07.24.05.10.55.519956@sourcefrog.net>] > Having decided to do it through PAM, is it really necessary to change the > VFS rather than setting $TMPDIR? Making it impossible to get to the real > /tmp makes it a bit more intrusive and potentially confusing than really > seems necessary. Given that there is a TMPDIR variable which is obeyed > in most cases, using it seems to be easier than remapping /tmp. Remapping /tmp would confuse more than it would do good. Besides PAM, users can still set $TMPDIR in their startup files. BTW: Some programs use $TEMP or $TMP, should we file bugs to make them use $TMPDIR instead? Christoph -- Christoph Berg <cb@df7cb.de>, http://www.df7cb.de Wohnheim D, 2405, Universität des Saarlandes, 0681/9657944
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