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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: stop kate from creating ~ backups by default
From:       John Tapsell <johnflux () gmail ! com>
Date:       2009-06-22 13:59:24
Message-ID: 43d8ce650906220659l5f562357nffeba42930036b9f () mail ! gmail ! com
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2009/6/20 Nick Shaforostoff <shafff@ukr.net>:
> On Суббота 20 июня 2009 21:32:03 Celeste Lyn Paul wrote:
>>
>> Ugh, sorry didn't realise there were 2 different conversations going on and I
>> just replied to the last thread.
>>
>> I'm not sure what sense creating the temp file makes for between sessions.
>> Usually they are automatic regardless of explicit saving from the user because
>> the original purpose was to have a backup from a crash, not a history.
> if this is the use case, then the backup file shoud be created in tmp folder (every n minutes)
> and restored automatically (in ideal world -- including cursor position).
>
> i implemented this behaviour in Lokalize few months ago (need to better test it though...)

This could be a problem..

Most distros are starting to encrypt the home directory or encrypt a
folder in the home directory.  Ubuntu for example encrypts ~/Private
by default.  If there was a file there but the temporary file saved to
/tmp, that causes a security leak.

John
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