Document security concern for users setting the system_tmpdirs shell … #72213
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…plugin config system_tmpdirs is only meant for systems which officially store their temporary files in someplace other than /tmp or /var/tmp. Those types of directories should have been pre-created by the system administrator (usually by the operating system's setup). There is a security risk if the user puts a directory that has not been pre-created into this list so be sure to document not to do that.
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…plugin config
system_tmpdirs is only meant for systems which officially store their
temporary files in someplace other than /tmp or /var/tmp. Those
types of directories should have been pre-created by the system
administrator (usually by the operating system's setup). There is a
security risk if the user puts a directory that has not been pre-created
into this list so be sure to document not to do that.
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/cc @jborean93 @samdoran for technical review
This should likely get backported as well as setting this to a directory which the sysadmin has not created will open the security issue in all supported versions.