Re: /tmp permissions
On Sun, 13 Sep 1998, Nuno Carvalho wrote:
>
> It's a "good policy" for /tmp directory to have 777 permissions !?
> With such permissions any user could write on that directory until even
> there's no more space on device, rigth !?
>
That's exactly what it is for (not writing till the disk is full though)
- it is a place where any user can write files - most commonly used by
programs for temporary space or some sort of lock file. It it generally
up to the administrator to clean up /tmp (Debian empties it on reboot,
but if you're into uptime you'll have to come up with something else).
Steve Tremblett
QNX Technical Support
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