There are three host-specific directories that are usually symlinked to other locations. If the directories do not already exist, the following symlinks and directories will be created using the lnusertemp utility:

Since both /tmp and /var/tmp are world writable, there is a possibility that one of the above directories already exists but is owned by another user. In that case the lnusertemp utility will create a new directory with an alternative name and link to that instead.