Date: Sun, 9 Jun 1996 03:54:15 -0600 (MDT) From: Ade Barkah <mbarkah@hemi.com> To: taob@io.org (Brian Tao) Cc: security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD's /var/mail permissions Message-ID: <199606090954.DAA11025@hemi.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.92.960609012628.19613E-100000@zap.io.org> from "Brian Tao" at Jun 9, 96 01:29:23 am
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Brian Tao wrote: > On Fri, 7 Jun 1996, Karl Denninger, MCSNet wrote: > > > > Does this mean we should give up on using mail? > > No, it means you keep mail on a separate machine and manipulate > your mailbox through a server like POP3 or IMAP. But this is what started the thread, right ? With the current scheme qpop 2.2 will not work with FreeBSD; at least not for new users (it doesn't have enough permissions to set up the per-mailbox lock file.) -Ade ------------------------------------------------------------------- Inet: mbarkah@hemi.com - HEMISPHERE ONLINE - <http://www.hemi.com/>; -------------------------------------------------------------------
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