Vadim Zhukov <persg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The backup dir can be configured to something else, but it needs to be > > writeable by the user whois login in. It could be a subdir of /tmp (if > > the rc.d script takes care of creating it) or I can remove that > > feature from xenodm and fail the login if /home is not writeable. > > I've sent a diff for subdir of /tmp already. ;-)
Sure, but the creation of a directory introduces new concerns. Why must non-readable $HOME work, and is the trade-off for placing "keys" in /tmp worthwhile. It made sense to someone 30 years ago. Does it make sense now?