Re: removal of /tmp/appXXXXXX

[Matthew Hannigan <mlh () zip com au>]

I should have been a little clearer.
Those are literal X's.  It attempts to
remove the _exact same file_ every time.

That's what I meant by tmpnam gone wrong.

Matt


Brandon Erhart wrote:
> if those 'X's are "psuedo-random" characters, and they change each time, 
> i'm pretty sure you're safe. Unless the file is important or gets 
> overwritten while linked to an important file, nothing bad should happen 
> (I think??).
>
> -Brandon
>
> At 09:35 AM 7/29/2002, Matthew Hannigan wrote:
>
> > I found a program which removes
> > a file named like /tmp/appXXXXXX.  Seems
> > to be a tmpnam attempt gone wrong.
> >
> > Does this make the system vulnerable?
> > The program is run by root as often as
> > not.
> >
> > Matt
>
> .