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?

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