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Authored by: mikemcg on Dec 21, '06 02:58:23PM

Interesting tip, and good point in the parent comment. Unfortunately I don't have the time to experiment with this, but I might explore several options to get the best of all worlds:

a) Edit smb.conf to share the /tmp directory, and use a "force create mode" directive to control the umask in that directory. Then auto-mount that share and set the Safari download directory to it (possibly through /Volumes). Or,
b) Add a biweekly cron script, or a routine to the logout script (not sure if this even exist in OS X) that empties the contents of each user's Safari download directory. The uniformity gained by creating a ~/Library/tmp for each user and having Safari (and other applications) use that might also be worth considering.

Hope this helps.



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