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Re: lynx-dev LYUtils and mktemp, and string2.h warnings (glibc 2.2)
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Re: lynx-dev LYUtils and mktemp, and string2.h warnings (glibc 2.2) |
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Sat, 23 Dec 2000 18:44:17 -0700 (MST) |
In a recent note, Thomas Dickey said:
> Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 13:30:22 -0500
>
> mkstemp is insecure on older Linux systems (creates world-writable files,
> according to the man-page).
>
Does it even overrule the setting of "umask" to do so?
-- gil
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