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Re: LYNX-DEV /tmp files?
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T.E.Dickey |
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Re: LYNX-DEV /tmp files? |
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Mon, 16 Mar 1998 18:28:26 -0500 (EST) |
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> I've noticed that lynx creates temporary files like this in /tmp:
what version? (we chmod'd most of the temporary files so they'd
be unreadable between 2.7.1 & 2.7.2 - though some may be missed).
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 985 Mar 11 15:08 L24915TMP.html
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> does anyone think that mister or misses root can be downloading an html
> file and someone could symlink a bunch of L*TMP.html files to /etc/passwd?
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> I haven't looked at the Lynx source all that much to see if it checks, but
> if it does, sorry for the e-mail :-)
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