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Re: X11R6 NetBSD Security Problem

From: telnetd () DOEMILL SHOCKING COM (/usr/libexec/telnetd)
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 17:20:26 -0800


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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