Re: Linux patches to solve /tmp race problem

[Kurt Seifried]

> PAM handles this quite nicely.
>
> I've hacked together a PAM module which sets TMPDIR (and TMP) to
> /tmp/user/uid, which I could probably make available (mail me if you
> are interested).  Fixing programs to use TMP and TMPDIR is the correct
> solution.
>
> --
>
> Tollef Fog Heen

No need for that when we have "pam_env". From the docs "This module allows the
(un)setting of environment variables. Supported is the use of previously set
environment variables as well as PAM_ITEMs such as PAM_RHOST."

/etc/security/pam_env.conf

Kurt Seifried, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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