On Thu, 23 Sep 2004, Dan Jacobson wrote: > A> Well, if you set LYNX_TEMP_SPACE=~/.lynxtmp and created > >> > >> But I like the tmp files to be in /tmp, I just want it to be clear > >> upon even just a quick look, and by default with no extra settings, to > >> all people who look, what program is doing it, else one might think it > >> is some Trojan horse program. > > A> I asked the upstream and got a reply as follows: > > >> He thinks it's bad because he can't tell which session of lynx is > >> associated with a given file. That would be nice, but that's one of > >> the details that would make it less secure. > > A> So I think this is not a bug. > > A wishlist item actually. > > I'm saying that there is a directory in /tmp that should reveal via > its name that it was created by lynx (and not by e.g., gimp), that's all.
I don't recall anyone complaining before about that aspect. Perhaps it should be configurable in some sense. lynx's temporary files also don't offer much clue (a leading "L" is about all). > Let's look around /tmp on my computer: > orbit-jidanni/ esrv1000-jidanni1= ssh-szuwiB1755/ gconfd-jidanni/ > See, the trend these days is to put what program made the dir out in front. > > A> BTW, I forwarded some of your reports to the upstream > A> and had an impression that it would be better if you > A> subscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and send your request > A> to the upstream directly. > > Yes. I'll send this directly too and see if I am still/ever was subscribed. not to my recollection - just the Debian mailing lists. -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net _______________________________________________ Lynx-dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
