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SubjectRe: [PATCH] unifdef: set a secure umask before calling mkstemp()
Jesper Juhl <jj@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 :-/

Tony.
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