Bug#661627: Avoid /tmp ?
> /etc/init.d/x11-common on boot should run before any unprivileged user
> has a chance to do anything (it's in rcS.d, and depends only on
> $local_fs), so it's less of a problem than initial package installation
> AFAICT.
I'm not that familiar with the newer dependency boot sequencing, but I
know someone who looked into this and seemed to think cron or atd
*could* run before it. Looking at the scripts I have on my box, it
seems like you may be right, assuming nothing else has a similar set
of dependencies (namely, only $local_fs) which could hand off control
to a user non-root user. However, my analysis doesn't cover every
init script in every possible package...
tim
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