Permissions on /tmp

[Kevin D. Clark]

Joshua Judson Rosen writes:

> Not that I'm objecting, but more for my own edification: are there
> actually systems out there that don't set the sticky bit on /tmp?
> 
> That just seems... insane....

I can't recall a standard, multi-user Unix-flavored system on which
/tmp didn't have the sticky-bit set.  I can even *specificially*
remember this being true in my undergraduate days.

A multi-user system without the sticky-bit set on /tmp is....at the
very least....mis-configured.

Regards,

--kevin
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