Should /tmp owned by root?

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Published on 2010-06-17T14:48:46Z Indexed on 2010/06/17 14:54 UTC
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Hello,

I'm wondering if /tmp should be owned by root, or rather nobody? Now with safe mode there are some conflicts, but I am worried about security if I change it to be owned by nobody...

Any advice will be very appreciated.

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