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Date:      Fri, 7 Jun 1996 13:48:21 -0600
From:      Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net>
To:        Paul Traina <pst@shockwave.com>
Cc:        Barnacle Wes <softweyr@xmission.com>, security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD's /var/mail permissions 
Message-ID:  <199606071948.NAA00227@rocky.sri.MT.net>
In-Reply-To: <199606071725.KAA01419@precipice.shockwave.com>
References:  <199606071542.JAA14520@xmission.xmission.com> <199606071725.KAA01419@precipice.shockwave.com>
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> Correction: Most MUAs do not need write access to this directory,
> so they are not SUID root.  They just work on the files.

Corretion: Actually, *most* MUA's that I'm aware of need write access to
the directory if they plan on doing any sort of mailbox locking, which
most decent MUA do.


Nate
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