From owner-freebsd-current Wed Apr 10 01:54:00 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id BAA13412 for current-outgoing; Wed, 10 Apr 1996 01:54:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from grumble.grondar.za (root@grumble.grondar.za [196.7.18.130]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id BAA13391 for ; Wed, 10 Apr 1996 01:53:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from grumble.grondar.za (mark@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grumble.grondar.za (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA28320; Wed, 10 Apr 1996 10:52:52 +0200 (SAT) Message-Id: <199604100852.KAA28320@grumble.grondar.za> To: Peter Wemm cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /var/mail default permissions?? Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 10:52:50 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Peter Wemm wrote: > I thought /var/mail was supposed to be mode 1777 on BSD systems?? God forbid! Classic denial-of-service attack is to touch the mailboxes of all users who do not yet have one. > > mail.local was designed to work in that scenario and has specific > code to make sure it's secure.. (granted, the net-2 mail.local may > not have been solid, but the 4.4BSD mail.local has been secure > since the encumbered release and later in the Lite releases) Why do you want it that way? M -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200 Finger mark@grondar.za for PGP key