In article <20040815230901.GA19711@nixsys.bz>,  <othyro@freeshell.org> wrote:
>> - You can always unset it.
>
>Indeed.
>
>> - The fact that the system allows stupid settings is not a bug.
>
>I'm not sure what you are saying. Could you please clarify what you mean
>by that?

I mean you can put 'ulimit -f 0' in /etc/profile. Nothing prevents you from
doing it. Most program fail when you do this. Should they manually unset
the limit? Obviously not. Why should setting TEMPDIR be any different?

christos