[tex-live] tlmgr: permissions on /tmp/texlive.tlpdb.lzma

Vladimir Volovich vvv at vsu.ru
Fri Sep 12 21:30:52 CEST 2008


"VI" == Victor Ivrii writes:

 VI> This happens when you run %tlmgr ...  after %sudo tlmgr

 VI> obviously you as you do not have the same privileges as a root

tlmgr should not create predictable file names (such as /tmp/texlive.tlpdb.lzma)
in public locations, this is a security hole.

Best,
v.


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