Bug#649384: gnash creates world-readable cookies under /tmp

Francesco Poli invernomuto at paranoici.org
Sun Nov 20 20:43:36 UTC 2011


On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:21:39 +0100 Alexander Kurtz wrote:

> On Sun, 2011-11-20 at 21:12 +0100, Francesco Poli wrote:
> > I would add the following consideration: why does gnash create cookies
> > at all?
> 
> Good question.

Thanks!   ;-)

> 
> > Could someone please tell me where is the option to disable cookies?
> > I think there should be one, but I seem to be unable to find it...
> 
> I configured this via the gnash GUI:
> 
> 	$ grep -i sol ~/.gnashpluginrc 
> 	set solReadOnly true
> 	set solLocalDomain false
> 	set SOLSafeDir /home/alexander/.gnash/SharedObjects
> 	$

And did gnash stop creating cookies in /tmp after that configuration
change?
Also, does it refrain from creating cookies in your
~/.gnash/SharedObjects directory?

> 
> Hope this helps!

Maybe, but thanks for your prompt reply anyway!   :-)

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