--- a/plugins/scripting/cunixsocket.cpp
+++ b/plugins/scripting/cunixsocket.cpp
@@ -40,12 +40,21 @@
   varlist = 0;
   connected = false;
   
-  //first of all, we need a file name
-  char *fname = tempnam ("/tmp", "km");
-  if (fname != 0)  //only if it didn't fail
+  //22 = strlen(form) + strlen(/sock) + 1
+  char form[]="/tmp/kmuddyXXXXXX", *dirname, sockname[22];
+  dirname = mkdtemp(form);
+
+  if (dirname != NULL)  //only if it didn't fail
   {
-    name = fname;
-    free (fname);
+
+    strcpy(sockname, dirname);
+    strcat(dirname, "/sock");
+
+    name = dirname;
+    free (form);
+    free (dirname);
+    free (sockname);
+
     //now that we have the name, we create a socket and set some parameters
     id = socket (PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
     sa.sun_family = AF_UNIX;