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Re: [Full-disclosure] usb_modeswitch/pppd -detach

<html><body><div>Hi,<br><br>This is still a race condition since the pid can be 
guessed easily as well.&nbsp; It's better to use mktemp 
<code>/tmp/debug.XXXXXXXXXX</code>.<br><br>-- Larry C$<br><br><br>On Jan 21, 
2012, at 02:14 PM, srm &lt;srm@xxxxxxxxxxxx&gt; wrote:<br><br><div><blockquote 
type="cite"><div class="msg-quote"><div class="_stretch"><br> <br> So, the 
problem is definitive in the community package of archlinux.<br> *sigh*. I 
checked version 1.2.2 from<br> <br> <a 
href="http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/#download"; 
data-mce-href="http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/#download";>http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/#download</a><br>
 <br> It doesn't contain the '/tmp/debug' statement.<br> <br> However: The 
following version has the debug statement:<br> <a 
href="https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/i686/usb_modeswitch/"; 
data-mce-href="https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/i686/usb_modeswitch/";>https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/i686/usb_modeswitch/</a><br>
 <br> ,grep -n '/tmp/debug' usb_modeswitch.sh<br> 66: echo "symlink-name: $2" 
&gt;/tmp/debug<br> <br> <br> A possible quick fix could be to append $$:<br> 
66: echo "symlink-name: $2" &gt;/tmp/debug.$$<br> <br> Greetings<br> srm<br> 
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