Subject: Re: per-user /tmp
To: Hubert Feyrer <hubert@feyrer.de>
From: Elad Efrat <elad@NetBSD.org>
List: tech-security
Date: 02/03/2007 20:03:12
Hubert Feyrer wrote:

> Can $HOME be used?
> It's already there (usually...) and doesn't need creating. I don't know
> if our magic symlinks support that.

I think it can be used, but keep in mind that sometimes people want to
have /tmp on a tmpfs/mfs.

> Also: with the ever-growing number of security features in NetBSD, I
> think it would be nice to have some overview somewhere that points to
> the various things (like the one you proposed) and where to find more
> information. Maybe a place for this could be (a reworked
> version/additional page of)
> http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/network/nsps/?

security(8).

-e.