Re: what's next for the linux kernel?

[Nix]

On 4 Oct 2005, Bodo Eggert stated:
> BTW: YANI: That about a tmpfs where all-numerical entries can only be
> created by the corresponding UID? This would provide a secure, private
> tmp directory to each user without the possibility of races and denial-of-
> service attacks. Maybe it should be controlled by a mount flag.

Wouldn't it be less kludgy to just use the existing private namespace
stuff to provide each user with its own /tmp? (Or each user's session,
rather, which is probably much easier, as that corresponds precisely to
one process tree).

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