this post was submitted on 06 Sep 2024

152 points (94.2% liked)

Linux

8071 readers

631 users here now

A community for everything relating to the GNU/Linux operating system

Also check out:

Original icon base courtesy of lewing@isc.tamu.edu and The GIMP

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

Ategon@programming.dev

anzo@programming.dev

dwraf_of_ignorance@programming.dev

152

Linux File System (telegra.ph)

submitted 9 months ago by Blaze@lemmy.zip to c/linux@programming.dev

21 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] nanook@friendica.eskimo.com 1 points 8 months ago

Temporary files can be created by user programs. On my machines, I made /tmp an in memory file system and also disallow execution or setuid/gid in this directory as much malware tries to abuse it in this manner.