Package: tmpreaper
Version: 1.6.13+nmu1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
Hi,
I'd like to use tmpreaper to clean other directories then /tmp. Currently,
this would need editing both /etc/cron.daily/tmpreaper and /etc/tmpreaper.conf.
Applying this patch in the package would mean the user would have to edit only
one file and, furthermore, would point the user to a way not to suffer from
tmpreapers security issues.
Hope this is useful.
Thanks for making tmpreaper available for Debian!
Bye,
Joost
diff --git a/stribor/etc/cron.daily/tmpreaper b/stribor/etc/cron.daily/tmpreaper
index 8790e30..aabfe11 100755
--- a/stribor/etc/cron.daily/tmpreaper
+++ b/stribor/etc/cron.daily/tmpreaper
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ if [ "$SHOWWARNING" = true ]; then
exit 0
fi
+if [ "$RUNFROMCRON" != true ]; then
+ exit 0
+fi
+
# Verify that these variables are set, and if not, set them to default values
# This will work even if the required lines are not specified in the included
# file above, but the file itself does exist.
diff --git a/stribor/etc/tmpreaper.conf b/stribor/etc/tmpreaper.conf
index 14ccc79..a2d89c8 100644
--- a/stribor/etc/tmpreaper.conf
+++ b/stribor/etc/tmpreaper.conf
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@
# see /usr/share/doc/tmpreaper/README.security.gz
## SHOWWARNING=true
+# Remove the next line if you prefer not to execute tmpreaper via
+# /etc/cron.daily/tmpreaper, but e.g. want to use it to clean not /tmp but
+# another directory. Such usage will not have the issues mentioned in
+# /usr/share/doc/tmpreaper/README.security.gz.
+RUNFROMCRON=true
+
# TMPREAPER_TIME
# is the max. age of files before they're removed.
# default:
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