Bug#620887: Please add a shm_mkstemp() function

[Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de>]

Package: libc6
Version: 2.11.2-13
Severity: wishlist
File: /lib/librt.so.1

Hi,

creating a POSIX shared memory object raises the same sorts of security
issues as opening a tempfile, like name collisions.

For templates there is the mkstemp(char *template) function that
handles all those issues in a safe and easy to use manner. For POSIX
share memory objects there should be an equivalent:

	int shm_mkstemp(char *template);

  The shm_mkstemp() function generates a unique temporary filename
  from template, creates and opens the POSIX shared memory object, and
  returns an open file descriptor for the object....

MfG
	Goswin

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