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/tmp and /var/tmp

/tmp and /var/tmp

Posted Apr 2, 2011 15:15 UTC (Sat) by vonbrand (subscriber, #4458)
In reply to: /tmp and /var/tmp by nix
Parent article: Introducing /run

The compiler is not a "normal user", it is a system program (run by normal users under their UID, thus the sticky bit on /tmp).

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/tmp and /var/tmp

Posted Apr 2, 2011 17:11 UTC (Sat) by mpr22 (subscriber, #60784) [Link]

1) I notice you're still not bothering to provide a citation for "/tmp is for the system and off-limits to ordinary applications".

2) In my world, the C compiler is an ordinary user application, so should use filesystems in the manner appropriate to ordinary user applications.


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