/tmp cluttered by kdesudo?

[Stonecold1995]

I've been using kdesudo a lot today, and I've noticed its cluttering /tmp quite a lot. Is kdesudo suppose to be leaving all these files behind, and would it be safe to remove them ("sudo rm /tmp/kdesudo*xauth")?

[2F4U]

The /tmp folder should be cleaned automatically by the system upon a reboot. Isn't that the case on your system? Unless you are running kdesudo at the moment of removal, it should be safe to delete those files.

[Stonecold1995]

It is cleaned up at reboot. I have /tmp mounted as tmpfs so even if it weren't the case it'd still clear when the power is cut. It's just that I don't often reboot because I'm running KTorrent and Folding@home 24/7. The problem is that I often use /tmp myself, either for compiling software (tmpfs allows for ridiculous fast compile times) or for doing anything that requires a lot of copying large files. It gets frustrating when so many files start accumulating.

Would it be safe to use a startup script like this? Or maybe set up a cron job instead?

#!/bin/bash

if [ $(id -u) -ne 0 ]; then
    echo "Error, this script must be run as root."
    exit 1
fi
while [ $(pgrep -c kdesudo) -eq 0 ]; do
    rm /tmp/kdesudo-*-xauth
    sleep 60
done

Also, just out of curiosity what is contained within these files? I found the string "MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE" in it but I have no idea what that is. The .Xauthority file also contains the line "MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE", so I'm guessing the two are somehow related.