Re: Insecure use of file in /tmp by trn

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On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Ben Pfaff wrote:
[ Debian uses a program called `mktemp' to create temporary files in
[ shell scripts.  Other distributions might well adopt this or a similar
[ solution.  An excerpt from its manpage is enclosed below.

RedHat includes a mktemp too, its a package by itself. From the look of
the manpage, it seems to be based on the mktemp that comes with Debian,
just with one extra option. The option is "-d", which creates a unique
directory rather than a file.