> CVSROOT: /home/projects/pgsql/cvsroot
> Module name: pgsql
> Changes by: petere@hub.org 01/06/23 19:29:48
>
> Modified files:
> src/bin/initdb : initdb.sh
>
> Log message:
> Don't use a temp file. It was created insecurely and was easy to do without.
This brings up a question. If I have pid 333 and someone creates a file
world-writable called /tmp/333, and I go and do:
cat file >/tmp/$$
isn't another user now able to modify those temp file contents. Is that
the insecurity you mentioned Peter, and if so, how do you prevent this?
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