Bug#1072249: systemd: leftover files on the underlying /tmp since /tmp became tmpfs

[Luca Boccassi]

On Fri, 31 May 2024 01:37:32 +0200 Christoph Anton Mitterer
<calestyo at scientia.org> wrote:
> Oh and one more:
> 
> The underlying /tmp (i.e. when not mounted) is now still
> 1777/drwxrwxrwt .
> 
> 
> It might make sense to change that to e.g. 0755/drwxr-xr-x?
> 
> Of course that would leave a defunct /tmp if the tmpfs is unmounted,
> but at the same time prevent accidental writes there.
> 
> So depends on whether it's still intended to have the non-tmpfs /tmp.

That would make it harder to switch between the different setups (by
masking/enabling the tmp unit), so I am not going to add that to the
suggestions. You can of course do it on your machine if you prefer to
lock it down further.

-- 
Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi
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