Solved: Phorum Templates creating files in /tmp

Hey guys... Long time no chat!

Is this normal operation? Phorum is creating a bunch of files in /tmp named after each template I'm using. Then my web host is pointing these out as "suspicious files."

Are they normal? Are they suspicious?

-rw-r--r--  1 user   user      2039 May 26 00:12 tpl-lightweight_blue-settings-df3d12df5cab8ef2d8759cfd95597cf1.php-stage2
-rw-r--r--  1 user   user       484 May 26 00:12 tpl-lightweight_blue-settings-df3d12df5cab8ef2d8759cfd95597cf1.php
-rw-r--r--  1 user   user     10319 May 26 00:12 tpl-lightweight_blue-header-4078174761e651367bdf29ce021b700b.php-stage2
-rw-r--r--  1 user   user       474 May 26 00:12 tpl-lightweight_blue-header-4078174761e651367bdf29ce021b700b.php
-rw-r--r--  1 user   user       535 May 26 00:12 tpl-lightweight_blue-read-efd40061707aa73af0d73f051fe8b0b0.php
-rw-r--r--  1 user   user     15379 May 26 00:12 tpl-lightweight_blue-read-efd40061707aa73af0d73f051fe8b0b0.php-stage2
-rw-r--r--  1 user   user       966 May 26 00:12 tpl-lightweight_blue-message-dbc8090bec6a367850ff434b10698bf9.php-stage2
-rw-r--r--  1 user   user       479 May 26 00:12 tpl-lightweight_blue-message-dbc8090bec6a367850ff434b10698bf9.php
-rw-r--r--  1 user   user       660 May 26 00:12 tpl-lightweight_blue-footer-bc9d4c1f6d5e5fdfdcbff526fb7bae92.php-stage2
-rw-r--r--  1 user   user       474 May 26 00:12 tpl-lightweight_blue-footer-bc9d4c1f6d5e5fdfdcbff526fb7bae92.php
-rw-r--r--  1 user   user     13355 May 26 00:12 tpl-lightweight_blue-css-be9525e64f6a37d9bf1d8161bd4ff23b.php-stage2
-rw-r--r--  1 user   user       459 May 26 00:12 tpl-lightweight_blue-css-be9525e64f6a37d9bf1d8161bd4ff23b.php
-rw-r--r--  1 user   user       678 May 26 00:12 tpl-lightweight_blue-css_print-f8a848e67e0c2ab34db0667ee5ca4071.php-stage2
-rw-r--r--  1 user   user       489 May 26 00:12 tpl-lightweight_blue-css_print-f8a848e67e0c2ab34db0667ee5ca4071.php
-rw-r--r--  1 user   user     14478 May 26 00:12 tpl-lightweight_blue-list-b014eb0279f45f240da85463b283ce1d.php-stage2
-rw-r--r--  1 user   user       535 May 26 00:12 tpl-lightweight_blue-list-b014eb0279f45f240da85463b283ce1d.php
-rw-r--r--  1 user   user       311 May 26 00:13 tpl-emerald-self_delete_posts__self_delete_posts_url-ea7f8ec274bf14d5f8db7809fc650a85.php-stage2
-rw-r--r--  1 user   user       612 May 26 00:13 tpl-emerald-self_delete_posts__self_delete_posts_url-ea7f8ec274bf14d5f8db7809fc650a85.php
-rw-r--r--  1 user   user      4386 May 26 00:13 tpl-lightweight_blue-index_new-0648d7514dc6899d7f48e942788bc509.php-stage2
-rw-r--r--  1 user   user       489 May 26 00:13 tpl-lightweight_blue-index_new-0648d7514dc6899d7f48e942788bc509.php
-rw-r--r--  1 user   user       540 May 26 00:13 tpl-mobile-settings-451f86d98d161d5178e025cc91bb8fa7.php-stage2
-rw-r--r--  1 user   user       444 May 26 00:13 tpl-mobile-settings-451f86d98d161d5178e025cc91bb8fa7.php
-rw-r--r--  1 user   user      5671 May 26 00:13 tpl-mobile-header-38d423c9a6f574129eacc245e9c70e22.php-stage2
-rw-r--r--  1 user   user       434 May 26 00:13 tpl-mobile-header-38d423c9a6f574129eacc245e9c70e22.php
-rw-r--r--  1 user   user      5166 May 26 00:13 tpl-mobile-read-c138859b9c4bfe7695a28f615eec7e5f.php-stage2
-rw-r--r--  1 user   user       485 May 26 00:13 tpl-mobile-read-c138859b9c4bfe7695a28f615eec7e5f.php
-rw-r--r--  1 user   user       593 May 26 00:13 tpl-mobile-footer-c0c185579a05993779188184481327ed.php-stage2
-rw-r--r--  1 user   user       434 May 26 00:13 tpl-mobile-footer-c0c185579a05993779188184481327ed.php

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/26/2017 04:02PM by wcpreston.

These are normal files.
I use the .cache directory for temp files, so I can see what is happening. You may not be able to view a.tmp directory controlled by your host.

In the Admin there is an option to clear the cache files. There is an option to clear the cache of un-expired files, use this after success without checking the box.
If you have a lot of cache files it may time out, run it again, or delete from your web site " Control Panel".

Great. Now I just have to figure out how to get my webhost to ignore them.