From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: backup method Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 18:50:55 -0500 Message-ID: <87r7k3zti5.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> References: <20050127000210.GA6167@boetes.org> <200501270045.j0R0jIq06197@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <20050127015432.GB6167@boetes.org> <20050128035618.GI6167@boetes.org> <20050129060851.GQ6167@boetes.org> <200501291842.j0TIgVw09020@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <20050129225259.GT6167@boetes.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1107044115 7052 80.91.229.6 (30 Jan 2005 00:15:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 00:15:15 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 30 01:15:08 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Cv2k8-0002zq-00 for ; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 01:15:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Cv2wf-0001Lp-Pk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Jan 2005 19:28:05 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Cv2uq-0000lL-6S for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Jan 2005 19:26:13 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Cv2ui-0000jE-FZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Jan 2005 19:26:04 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Cv2uh-0000ev-JE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Jan 2005 19:26:03 -0500 Original-Received: from [209.226.175.74] (helo=tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Cv2Mj-00024p-2j for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Jan 2005 18:50:57 -0500 Original-Received: from alfajor ([67.71.119.232]) by tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.10 201-253-122-130-110-20040306) with ESMTP id <20050129235056.SZSN2034.tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net@alfajor>; Sat, 29 Jan 2005 18:50:56 -0500 Original-Received: by alfajor (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 16A162FD49; Sat, 29 Jan 2005 18:50:55 -0500 (EST) Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <20050129225259.GT6167@boetes.org> (Han Boetes's message of "Sat, 29 Jan 2005 23:52:37 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:32634 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:32634 > So I suggest not making backupfiles in world-writable directories. Agreed. It's a security hole since the backup file name is predictable. > At least not in the world-writable directory itself. I setup > ~/.tmp/backups as my backups dir here. Of course the deciding factor is whether the directory where the backup file will be put is world-writable. Stefan