Nuno Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It's a "good policy" for /tmp directory to have 777 > permissions !? With such permissions any user could write on > that directory until even > there's no more space on device, > rigth !?
Yup, though if he's not the root user, he won't be able to use up the root-reserved part of the disk (about 6%). But yes, /tmp (where ever it happens to live) is designed to be a scratch area for all users. -- Phil Humpherys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DriverSoft Unix Systems Administrator Mobile: +1.801.725.3257 WWW/PGPkeys: http://www.spire.com/~humphery