On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 1:43 AM, Tony Finch <d...@dotat.at> wrote: > Jesper Juhl <j...@chaosbits.net> wrote: > >> In newer glibc's (versions > 2.06) reasonably secure permissions of >> 0600 are used when creating a temporary file with mkstemp(). But for >> older glibc's (versions <= 2.06) 0666 is used which is not secure. > > Thanks for your suggestion! I'm afraid I prefer not to make the change. > > Unifdef is only using mkstemp as a convenient way to open a file with a > non-clashing name. It isn't trying to be secure, so it's OK just to rely > on the user's umask. And I find it hard to care about a bug that was fixed > 15 years ago. > > I'm also trying to reduce the unixisms in the program for portability > reasons and this is the most awkward part :-/
have you tried gnulib for improving portability ? Bastien > Tony. > -- > f.anthony.n.finch <d...@dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ > Forties, Cromarty: East, veering southeast, 4 or 5, occasionally 6 at first. > Rough, becoming slight or moderate. Showers, rain at first. Moderate or good, > occasionally poor at first. > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
