> For temporary files in /tmp which do not need a well known name it is probably
> the best to just choose such real random numbers, anyway. This solves i.e.
> often some denial of service attack possibilties. But this is my very private
> opinion and this method seems not to be used often.
What everyone else relies on is the modern unix guarantee that mkdir does
not follow links. Whats more some packages test for this property and compile
differently if the mkdir is sane. Linux packages assume it is sane, so we
_must_ preserve this property
Alan
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