Per user tmp?

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

Gilboa Davara wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> Any idea how I can setup a per-user tmp directory?
> E.g.
> USER1 has /tmp -> /tmp/USER1, /var/tmp -> /var/tmp/USER1.
> USER2 has /tmp -> /tmp/USER2, /var/tmp -> /var/tmp/USER2.
> etc.
> 
> In short, I want each user to have a private /tmp, and /var/tmp -
> without having to resort to using virtualized/jailed environment.
> 
> - Gilboa
> 
> 
One thing I have done is create a tmp directory in each user's home
directory, and then set the TMP variable to point to it. You will
also want to add the tmp directory to /etc/skel so new users get it
created for them automatically. (I added "TMP=$HOME/tmp" and added
TMP to the export list in .bashprofile, but you could also add files
to /etc/profile.d to cover both the c and sh shell variants.

OH yes, the /tmp directory does limit what other users can do to
your files in /tmp.

Mikkel
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