> Quoting Hal Rosenstock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Subject: Re: [RFC] IB management changes proposal > > On Thu, 2007-04-26 at 01:02, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > > > There also some few commands (ib*.pl) that are using a file > > > > /tmp/ibnetdiscover.topology. I suggest > > > > /var/cache/ibnetdiscover.topology > > > > > > I'm not sure about this one. I need to think about this more. > > > > Not sure about the best placement, but surely a predictable name > > in a world-writeable directory is a security risk? > > Is /var/cache world writeable ? I thought it was just world readable. If > this were to be done, I would think the opensm directory underneath this > would be more appropriate but I'm not leaning towards doing this since I > think the current approach is more flexible and the topology can be > supplied to all needed commands/scripts.
I'm sorry, I'm not familiar with the code. I was just saying that using /tmp/ibnetdiscover.topology is clearly a security risk since /tmp is world-writeable. Isn't it? -- MST _______________________________________________ general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openfabrics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
