GNU bug report logs - #865
23.0.60; The directory is unsafe today

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From: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
To: Francis Litterio <flitterio <at> gmail.com>, 865 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#865: 23.0.60; The directory is unsafe today
Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:36:51 +0200

Francis Litterio wrote:
> Stefan Monnier wrote:
> 
>>> The MS-Windows access right set is richer than just Read,
>>> Write, Execute.
>> That doesn't really matter, the point is that nobody but the creating
>> user should have any right.
> 
> Would it be acceptable for Emacs on Windows to change the ownership of
> any file it creates to be the user running Emacs, and then set the ACLs
> such that the creating user is the only user with rights to the file?


I think that is what Stefan means.

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