[cups.bugs] [LOW] STR #2962: CUPS daemon does not set TMPDIR environment variable any more when calling filters and backends

Michael R Sweet msweet at apple.com
Mon Oct 6 15:07:48 PDT 2008


Martin Pitt wrote:
> Michael Sweet [2008-10-06 12:30 -0700]:
>> [STR Closed w/o Resolution]
>>
>> AppArmor problem...
> 
> The AppArmor profile rightfully prevents cups from writing into /, but
> it doesn't touch the environment at all (it just controls file and
> network access).
> 
> Is it possible to reopen this report?

Yes, however I am unable to duplicate the problem with either 1.3.8
and 1.4.x (trunk).  TMPDIR *is* being set to /var/spool/cups/tmp by
default, and it *is* being passed to programs via execve.

Whatever the problem, it is NOT with CUPS.


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Michael R Sweet                        Senior Printing System Engineer





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