Alfredo Braunstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote:
|
| > Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| >
| > | Lars> Then perhaps we should create our pipes and sockets in a
| > | Lars> different places as standard. (/tmp/)
| > |
| > | /tmp seems to be a reasonable place indeed. I guess this is what the
| > | directories like /tmp/.X11-unix or /tmp/mcop-foo do, no?
| >
| > Yes.
| >
|
| Sorry for being dumb (I'm risking another brick here), but I don't
| understand how this can work. If the name is unique globally, how can the
| client guess it?
.lyx-pipe-larsbj.5423
That is guessable, right?
| If the name is unique user-wise, won't another user be able to break your
| lyx by creating a file in tmp with the name of your pipe before you? And
| how will this work with multiple lyx at the same time?
Sure... why should we care about this?
That is a problem for all apps putting stuff in /tmp, how do those
apps solve it? (I bet they just punt.)
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Lgb
