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Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX, change temp download dir from /tmp
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T.E.Dickey |
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Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX, change temp download dir from /tmp |
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Tue, 7 Apr 1998 19:36:02 -0400 (EDT) |
> > or a given directory if not NULL, or the value of the Posix symbol
> > P_tmpdir, or "/tmp", in that order.) I wouldn't *remove*
> > LYNX_TEMP_SPACE, of course, but it shouldn't be needed and could be
> > marked as a deprecated feature to be removed someday.
>
> Sounds like a good idea. Perhaps the first thing to do would be to
> construct (or borrow) a configure test so that the standard approach is to
> use tempnam().
>
> On the other hand, see the archives about the security risks of using /tmp
> for storing Lynx temporary files....
that's half the problem (some people think we should use mkstemp rather
than tempnam - though I don't see myself how that would plugthe security
holes).
--
Thomas E. Dickey
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http://www.clark.net/pub/dickey
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- Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX, change temp download dir from /tmp, Doug Kaufman, 1998/04/06
- Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX, change temp download dir from /tmp, Mark H. Wood, 1998/04/07
- Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX, change temp download dir from /tmp, Jim Spath (Webmaster Jim), 1998/04/07
- Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX, change temp download dir from /tmp,
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- Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX, change temp download dir from /tmp, Jason F. McBrayer, 1998/04/07
- Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX, change temp download dir from /tmp, T.E.Dickey, 1998/04/07
- Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX, change temp download dir from /tmp, Doug Kaufman, 1998/04/07
- Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX, change temp download dir from /tmp, Mark H. Wood, 1998/04/08
- Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX, change temp download dir from /tmp, Larry W. Virden, x2487, 1998/04/09
- Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX, change temp download dir from /tmp, Larry W. Virden, x2487, 1998/04/07
- Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX, change temp download dir from /tmp, Nelson Henry Eric, 1998/04/07
- Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX, change temp download dir from /tmp, Jonathan Sergent, 1998/04/10
- Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX, change temp download dir from /tmp, T.E.Dickey, 1998/04/10
- Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX, change temp download dir from /tmp, Jonathan Sergent, 1998/04/14