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From: Gleb Fotengauer-Malinovskiy <glebfm-u2l5PoMzF/Vg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
To: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
Cc: linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: [PATCH] mktemp.3: reference mkdtemp(3) in addition to mkstemp(3)
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2015 10:05:17 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150808080512.GA7386@glebfm.cloud.tilaa.com> (raw)

Mention mkdtemp(3) as another secure alternative to mktemp(3).

See also https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2898
---
 man3/mktemp.3 | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/man3/mktemp.3 b/man3/mktemp.3
index 79e9023..0531fad 100644
--- a/man3/mktemp.3
+++ b/man3/mktemp.3
@@ -126,8 +126,10 @@ opening the file, every use of
 .BR mktemp ()
 is a security risk.
 The race is avoided by
-.BR mkstemp (3).
+.BR mkstemp (3) and
+.BR mkdtemp (3).
 .SH SEE ALSO
+.BR mkdtemp (3),
 .BR mkstemp (3),
 .BR tempnam (3),
 .BR tmpfile (3),
-- 
glebfm
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             reply	other threads:[~2015-08-08  8:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-08-08  8:05 Gleb Fotengauer-Malinovskiy [this message]
     [not found] ` <20150808080512.GA7386-N9aU+Tdk7XkoO014n+3aBsY9il7ykmry@public.gmane.org>
2015-08-08  8:08   ` [PATCH] mktemp.3: reference mkdtemp(3) in addition to mkstemp(3) Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)

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