David F. Skoll wrote:
> Dennis Peterson wrote:
> 
>> Does any admin actually run this stuff without setting the temp
>> directory ahead of time?
> 
> I bet the vast majority do.

I don't include Linux babies in that...

> 
>> This problem is as old as Unix.
> 
> Indeed.
> 
>> It is an operator issue.
> 
> No, I disagree.  It's a design flaw in UNIX.  UNIX should have
> per-userid /tmp namespaces.  This idea has been discussed many
> times before, but it hasn't caught on unfortunately.

Well, yeah - but after 20 years we're supposed to have noticed this problem and 
adopted some best practices to counter it. :)

dp
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