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curious -- what's /tmp/fam-root ?
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Gary Aitken
Nov 14, 2012, 3:22:06 PM11/14/12
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Just curious; what's the purpose of /tmp/fam-root, and what is written there?
Is it simply where the os writes stuff which is sensitive,
and putting it in a rwx------ directory avoids potential security issues
regarding file access?
or is there more to it than that?
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Is it simply where the os writes stuff which is sensitive,
and putting it in a rwx------ directory avoids potential security issues
regarding file access?
or is there more to it than that?
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jb
Nov 14, 2012, 4:22:08 PM11/14/12
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Gary Aitken <freebsd <at> dreamchaser.org> writes:
>
> Just curious; what's the purpose of /tmp/fam-root, and what is written there?
> Is it simply where the os writes stuff which is sensitive,
> and putting it in a rwx------ directory avoids potential security issues
> regarding file access?
> or is there more to it than that?
# procstat -af |grep -i fam
>
> Just curious; what's the purpose of /tmp/fam-root, and what is written there?
> Is it simply where the os writes stuff which is sensitive,
> and putting it in a rwx------ directory avoids potential security issues
> regarding file access?
> or is there more to it than that?
23038 polkitd 12 s - rw------- 1 0 UDS /tmp/fam-root/fam-
23040 gam_server 4 s - rw------- 1 0 UDS /tmp/fam-root/fam-
23040 gam_server 7 s - rw------- 1 0 UDS /tmp/fam-root/fam-
26654 thunar 7 s - rw------- 1 0 UDS /tmp/fam-jb/fam-
...
# file /tmp/fam-root/fam-
/tmp/fam-root/fam-: socket
jb
Polytropon
Nov 15, 2012, 1:28:34 AM11/15/12
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On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:22:06 -0700, Gary Aitken wrote:
> Just curious; what's the purpose of /tmp/fam-root, and what is written there?
> Is it simply where the os writes stuff which is sensitive,
> and putting it in a rwx------ directory avoids potential security issues
> regarding file access?
> or is there more to it than that?
I think this is part of FAM - file alternation monitor,
> Just curious; what's the purpose of /tmp/fam-root, and what is written there?
> Is it simply where the os writes stuff which is sensitive,
> and putting it in a rwx------ directory avoids potential security issues
> regarding file access?
> or is there more to it than that?
and the particular directory is for root, that's why
it is "user-protected". I'm not sure if this is part
of the OS, cf. port gio-fam-backend (belongs to GIO,
which probably belongs to something else that is then
required by again something else...).
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Polytropon
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