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Description of problem: When two users try to use 'hunspell -c' to spellcheck a file in /tmp, both try to create a /tmp/hunSPELL.bak file and the first one to get there wins and the second user's hunspell process fails. This happens with programs like pine that use it for spellchecking Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): hunspell-1.2.8-16.el6.i686 How reproducible: 100% reproducible Steps to Reproduce: 1. Have one user put a file in /tmp to spell check and run 'hunspell -c' on it 2. Have a second user then try the same while the first user is stil checking 3. Actual results: Second user's hunspell will fail to run Expected results: Both users should be able to run hunspell at the same time Additional info:
Created attachment 541620 [details] fix now committed to upstream hunspell
committed to rawhide
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I noticed the /tmp/hunSPELL.bak file is world readable, so I am able to read my fellow user's emails they compose while they are spell checking them.
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