Re: X11R6 NetBSD Security Problem

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Date: Thu Mar 25 1999 - 17:20:26 PST

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    Well, when theres a reboot, /tmp/ is cleared. And If you havent started X
    yet, it could be a problem. This isnt and ultra spiffy important problem,
    just thought I would bring it up.
    
    
    
    > drwxrwxrwt   2 root     root         1024 Mar 25 10:52 .X11-unix/
    >
    > I'd like to see a non-root user delete that from /tmp. Many systems have this
    > in place like this, since root is the first to log into X. Systems that do not
    > have this directory owned by root should chown it.
    >
    > Taral
    >
    



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