Re: /tmp permissions
Nuno Carvalho <nemanuel@student.dei.uc.pt> writes:
> 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 !?
Yup, though if he's not the root user, he won't be able to use up
the root-reserved part of the disk (about 6%). But yes, /tmp
(where ever it happens to live) is designed to be a scratch area
for all users.
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