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Re: [opensuse-factory] Cleaning /tmp on boot
- From: Volker Kuhlmann <list0570@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 00:04:54 +1200
- Message-id: <20080506120454.GC13135@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Tue 06 May 2008 20:18:51 NZST +1200, Marcus Meissner wrote:
Even at that stage of the boot process, before any service is started,
when you know only root is running anything and race-condition attacks
aren't possible? (Out of interest - I have no issues with default=no).
Volker
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I see that it's possible to configure this in /etc/sysconfig/cron:
CLEAR_TMP_DIRS_AT_BOOTUP="no"
Does anyone know the rationale for this being disabled by default?
Its difficult to get secure deletion,
Even at that stage of the boot process, before any service is started,
when you know only root is running anything and race-condition attacks
aren't possible? (Out of interest - I have no issues with default=no).
Volker
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