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  1. Bug #16700
  2. Comment #8

Comment 8 for bug 16700

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In , Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

On Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 11:38:46PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
> Package: sudo
> Version: 1.6.7p5-2
> Severity: minor
>
> visudo creates and uses /etc/visudo.tmp. While this may or may not
> be subject to race conditions, a temporary file certainly does not
> belong into /etc. Please use /tmp or $TMPDIR instead.

We have to be a bit careful here, I think; visudo currently issues a
warning if the temporary file is on a different filesystem.

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Colin Watson [<email address hidden>]