Subject: Re: CVS commit: src/usr.sbin/lpr/lpd
To: matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au>
From: Jaromir Dolecek <jdolecek@NetBSD.org>
List: source-changes
Date: 11/27/2005 22:33:44
On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 08:27:31AM +1100, matthew green wrote:
>    
>    Log Message:
>    the mktemp() use here is not OK, adjust comment
> 
> 
> how is it not safe?

There is a race between mktemp() call and actually creating the
temporaty file, isn't there? Both mktemp() usages are quite easily
convertible to mkstemp(), BTW.

Jaromir
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