Re: CDcontrol software released (

[schilling]

>From: Walter Hofmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

>[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb am Sonntag, den 17. Juni 2001:

>> Well UNIX _allows_ you to be creative: use /tmp/xx.$$.someting

>This is a gaping security hole. Especially given that cdrecord is often
>used as root or setuid root.

>At the very least use ${HOME}/.tmp.$$

But on many sites there are quotas on $HOME and the space on the HOIME FS 
may not allow you to store a CD even if there were no quotas.


It would make sense to be at least able to set the place where /tmp file
go to.

J�rg

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