On Fri, 15 Jun 2001 11:07, Leif Madsen wrote:
> I just installed Bastille, and everything seems to be good, except
> for this message:
>
> "Message from my_log_on_name@local_machine on <no tty> at 21:03 ...
> SECURITY ALERT: TMPDIR problem on host 'local_machine': The TMPDIR
> defense script is no longer protecting TMPDIR on 'local_machine'.
> This is alright if you are logging out of 'local_machine', otherwise
> you should restart the defense script or log out and log back in.
> EOF"
>
> Which loads anytime I go into a terminal window and exit out of it.
> How to fix this?
I"ve got the same problem. It appears to be more of an annoyance than
an actual security risk. I just wish I knew how to fix it.
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Sridhar Dhanapalan.
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