From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 4f5950ab for ; Wed, 7 Aug 2019 21:41:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 97ADC9BA94; Thu, 8 Aug 2019 07:41:11 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EAD79BA17; Thu, 8 Aug 2019 07:40:59 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 611149BA08; Thu, 8 Aug 2019 07:40:58 +1000 (AEST) Received: from viclamta20p.bpe.bigpond.com (viclamta20p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.84]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 693349B42B for ; Thu, 8 Aug 2019 07:40:57 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.26.4]) by viclafep20p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20190807214054.OPBO7802.viclafep20p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Thu, 8 Aug 2019 07:40:54 +1000 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduvddruddufedgtdefucetufdoteggodetrfdotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuuffpveftpgfvgffnuffvtfetpdfqfgfvnecuuegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecunecujfgurhepfffhvffujgfkfhgfgggtsehttddttddtredvnecuhfhrohhmpeffrghvvgcujfhorhhsfhgrlhhluceouggrvhgvsehhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrgheqnecukfhppeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefnecurfgrrhgrmhephhgvlhhopegrnhgvuhhrihhnrdhhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrghdpihhnvghtpeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefpdhmrghilhhfrhhomhepoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqedprhgtphhtthhopeeothhuhhhssehtuhhhshdrohhrgheqnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptd X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean X-RG-VS-CLASS: clean Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (110.141.193.233) by smtp.telstra.com (5.8.335) id 5D48A2870064EDD2 for tuhs@tuhs.org; Thu, 8 Aug 2019 07:40:54 +1000 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id x77LesTp087070 for ; Thu, 8 Aug 2019 07:40:54 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) Received: from localhost (dave@localhost) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id x77LerQk087067 for ; Thu, 8 Aug 2019 07:40:54 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2019 07:40:52 +1000 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <1564954057.6926.for-standards-violators@oclsc.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.9999 (BSF 287 2018-06-16) X-GPG-Public-Key: http://www.horsfall.org/gpgkey.pub X-GPG-Fingerprint: 05B4 FFBC 0218 B438 66E0 587B EF46 7357 EF5E F58B X-Home-Page: http://www.horsfall.org/ X-Witty-Saying: "chmod 666 the_mode_of_the_beast" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: Re: [TUHS] Set-uid shell scripts X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On Wed, 7 Aug 2019, Chet Ramey wrote: >> Amusingly enough, the Mac works around this by symlinking /tmp to >> private/tmp i.e. you get your own /tmp... > > /private/tmp is still word-writable with the sticky bit set. What you do > get is a private $TMPDIR, e.g., > > /var/folders/41/pgctqv8s3_301dzlcghzcbs800008y/T/ Aha! You have just unwittingly solved a mystery for me :-) I was wondering where those files were coming from... I'm not really a Mac freak; apart from the occasional port, I just use it to SSH into my FreeBSD server, with multiple Terminals all over the screen.. Thanks! -- Dave