[Libreoffice] [PATCH] Simplify a function returning the temporary directory name

[Francois Tigeot]

On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 09:16:33AM -0600, Tor Lillqvist wrote:
> Do we really want to have those access() checks there?
> 
> I am not evil enough to think of a way to abuse that code (insert maniacal laughter), but in general, isn't that exactly the kind of coding that could be a security vulnerability? (TOCTTOU seems to be the technical term, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-of-check-to-time-of-use )

These were added by Caolán; I've no strong feeling about them.

Caolán, is there a special reason you added the access() checks ?

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Francois Tigeot