It could be done, but basically that would make flash fail in doing what it's doing because it can't write files.
I guess in this case, the fix would be to disable flash :D
--Dan
On May 3, 2011, at 11:02 PM, Ben Trussell wrote:
> Judicious use of the chmod and/or setfacl commands a potential cure ?
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 10:51 PM, Dan Lund
> <situationalawareness@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Never attribute to malice what can be easily attributed to laziness/hubris :)
>>
>> I'm sure it's just flash leaving it's wrappers laying around after camping.
>>
>> --Dan
>>
>> On May 3, 2011, at 10:45 PM, Andrew Harris wrote:
>>
>>> Seems like an unlikely candidate. But we've had less likely candidates.
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 10:37 PM, Jim March <1.jim.march@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Funny. No, it's more like there's a whole pile of tracking stuff of
>>>> some sort that I for one didn't know about.
>>>>
>>>> Jim
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 10:33 PM, Andrew Harris <tuna@supertunaman.com> wrote:
>>>>> Wow, it's like somebody did work for all those directories and files
>>>>> and they don't want to pay the bill. Am I right, Jim?
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 5:42 PM, Jim March <1.jim.march@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Yeah, I can confirm the same thing in Ubuntu Maverick.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> WTF is this stuff?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jim
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 5:26 PM, <joe@actionline.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Today, I was shocked to find a thousand-plus empty hidden directories and
>>>>>>> files on my system and I don't know how they got there or why there are
>>>>>>> there.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is there any reason why I should not delete them?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There may be more in other places, but the ones I just discovered are
>>>>>>> buried deep in these two sub-directories:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> /home/joe/.macromedia/Flash_Player/#SharedObjects/2ETARA88
>>>>>>> /home/joe/.macromedia/Flash_Player/macromedia.com/support/flashplayer/sys
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I hate flash for a lot of reasons, but now even more as it seems to be
>>>>>>> hiding things on my system -- 310 mostly empty directories in 2ETARA88 and
>>>>>>> another 1227 mostly empty directories in flashplayer/sys
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Very annoying.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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