Re: TMPDIR problems

Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >Nope. You are not missing anything. Most applications simply don't >honor TMPDIR. > > So, the only way to be safe frink om leaking sensitive data through /tmp would be a) having root encrypted or b) using tmpfs for /tmp. I'll opt for b). Yet I think TMPFS should be e

Re: TMPDIR problems

On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 02:25:03AM +0100, Martin Wilck wrote: > Am I missing something obvious? You may be interested in a thread going on debian-devel right now: "per-user temp directories by default?", . Many programs do not honour $TMP

Re: TMPDIR problems

On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 02:25:03AM +0100, Martin Wilck wrote: > Hi, > > I want to use an encrypted home partition but I see little use in having > my entire system crypted. So I wanted to make sure that TMPDIR=$HOME/tmp > is honoured by every application (in order not to have /tmp as a > possible

TMPDIR problems

Hi, I want to use an encrypted home partition but I see little use in having my entire system crypted. So I wanted to make sure that TMPDIR=$HOME/tmp is honoured by every application (in order not to have /tmp as a possible leak for sensitive information). So far with little success (on Etch). *