On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Andreas Freyvogel wrote:
> I had this problem yesterday and found that they need some access
> rights to the /tmp directory. I changed this and all seems well for
> the time being.
>
> -Andreas
>
> p.s. Anyone know of any security issues with allowing users access
> rights to the /tmp directory?
>
Users normaly have access to /tmp when they are logged in. the "sticky
bit" is set on the /tmp directory so that you can only delete your own
files from /tmp. About the only security risks are DOS attacks by
filling the partition with /tmp on it so other users can not use /tmp.
(The reserve for root means the system still can create files in /tmp.)
Quotas can take care of this problem...
Mikkel
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