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misc/39144: private /tmp not always initialized (sudo)
>Number: 39144
>Category: misc
>Synopsis: private /tmp not always initialized (sudo)
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: misc-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Mon Jul 14 06:35:01 +0000 2008
>Originator: George Michaelson
>Release: current
>Organization:
>Environment:
NetBSD snoid 4.99.69 NetBSD 4.99.69 (GGM) #1: Fri Jul 11 19:44:31 EST 2008
ggm@snoid:/usr/obj/sys/arch/i386/compile/GGM i386
>Description:
login makes a users /private/tmp/@uid
sudo bash didn't make one for root.
-G
>How-To-Repeat:
install sudo, login as normal user, sudo bash
# cd /tmp
bash: cd: /tmp: No such file or directory
# pwd
/private/tmp
# ls -ltr
total 2
drwx-----T 2 ggm ggm 512 Jul 15 02:27 101
#
>Fix:
Not sure. what should initialize this? does this mean making sudo do something?
It seems a shame to have to invoke the 'login' class of operations via flags to
sudo, and since people haven't had to do that before, I wonder if this is going
to bite people who sudo and expect /tmp to exist for root?
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