Re: Unsafe tmp files

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From: Michael Welle
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2004 11:43

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Hi Kevin,

Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> writes:

> Michael Welle wrote:
>  > Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> writes:
>  >>`vm-mime-use-image-strips' defaults to t.  Does the problem occur if
>  >>you set it to nil?
>  >
>  > Ah, that seems to be much better. There is only a tmp file with
>  > restricted permissions. I have looked at the code yesterday and find
>  > the place with the stripping. But my knowledge about list is very
>  > vague. Is the handling of png images so different from the handling of
>  > other image types?
>
> No, none of vm-mime-display-internal-image-xemacs-xxxx,
> vm-mime-display-internal-image-fsfemacs-21-xxxx, or
> vm-make-image-strips reference "png".  VM passes a new empty temp
> output file (presumably with the correct permissions) to the
> ImageMagick convert program, which I suspect is re-creating the file
> (with the incorrect default permissions).
hm, so setting vm-temp-file-directory to some safe place may be a
good workaround. No uncertainties with third party programs.

Thank you
Michael

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From: Michael Welle <m.welle@gmx.net>
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Subject: Re: Unsafe tmp files
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