сб, 6 мар. 2021 г. в 20:53, Theo de Raadt <dera...@openbsd.org>:
>
> 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?

Please correct me if I wrong: you said "non-readable $HOME" a few
times during discussion, did you mean "read-only $HOME" instead?

-- 
  WBR,
  Vadim Zhukov

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