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Xconfigurator tmp files

From: wojboj () TAB-TRONIK COM PL (Wojciech Bojdol)
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 07:59:46 +0100


When I run Xconfigurator yesterday I checked /tmp...
I saw, that it is making 2 type of tmp files
XF86Config.tmp and dumbconfig.1 (.2 or sometimes .3)
I maked link to another file:
ln -s somefileicreated XF6Config.tmp
ln -s anotherfile dumbconfig.1
and when I run Xconfigurator I saw that it overwrites this files
(somefileicreated and anotherfile).
I saw that it creates it only when it runs X -probe

So running Xconfigurator on multi-user system is dangerous...

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vixie cron 3.0.1 continued Micha? Zalewski (Feb 05)
- Re: vixie cron 3.0.1 continued Grant Beattie (Feb 05)
- Xconfigurator tmp files Wojciech Bojdol (Feb 05)
- Re: [linux-security] vixie cron 3.0.1 continued Cristian Gafton (Feb 11)