first, you're not always on *nix.
I mean middle-weighted Joe user not always on *nix, especially when it is not developer but namely user. (PAR isn't *nix-only, isn't it?)

But even on *nix, root user can still modify poor Joe's scripts.
This probability is low, but it equals zero with in-memory unpacks.

Windows users are 99,99% work under administrative privilegies, so replacing /tmp files will be easy for them.

Yet, /tmp space could be full.
Don't tell me that entire system will be badly functioning in this case.
Par will not be working in this case, but other programs will...

Other security risk - is that PAR reuses same /tmp between runs,and this, IMO, could also be busted.

Addition: - another one, when PAR remains its files in /tmp after finishing the program, this means the more program I'll run the larger /tmp will be, and I dislike this.

In reply to Re^3: problem with par as other user by vkon
in thread problem with par as other user by Anonymous Monk

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