On Fri, Nov 25, 2005 at 02:18:43PM -0600, Rob Landley wrote: > Using /tmp for anything has been kind of discouraged for a while, because > throwing any insufficiently randomized filename in there is a security hole > waiting to happen.
Which case are you worried about here? SFAIK all the filesystems anyone is likely to mount on /tmp implement O_EXCL correctly, and in any case (as was remarked elsewhere) there's always mkdir. -- Sudden death syndrome, eh? Sounds nasty. What are the symptoms? (seen on the internet) ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel
