So I was looking at the PVM package on debian, it's pretty old. The patch:
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/pvm/pvm_3.4.2-8.1.diff.gz applies relatively cleanly to 3.4.4. There is somethings that need cleaned up, but it looks pretty good. However there was some security fixes related to the PVM temp files, like: #ifdef SHAREDTMP +#ifndef SAFETMP #define TDSOCKNAME "/tmp/pvmd.%d.%s" +#else /* SAFETMP */ +#define TDSOCKNAME PVMTMPDIR "/sock.%s" +#endif /* SAFETMP */ #else +#ifndef SAFETMP #define TDSOCKNAME "/tmp/pvmd.%d" +#else /* SAFETMP */ +#define TDSOCKNAME PVMTMPDIR "/sock" +#endif /* SAFETMP */ #endif It is this entirely necessary? And does this /sock directory allowed in the Debian Policy? I couldn't exactly tell how this was going to be implemented to be any safer than /tmp since it generates a tmp file for each person. Aren't you pretty much safe from /tmp races if you make /tmp it's own filesystem? -- Dale Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] /.-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
