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Date:      Tue, 5 Feb 2002 11:04:55 +0100
From:      Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE>
To:        "f.johan.beisser" <jan@caustic.org>
Cc:        Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: .forward+ group writable directory
Message-ID:  <20020205110455.C56176@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
In-Reply-To: <20020205012231.Q21734-100000@localhost>; from jan@caustic.org on Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 01:25:28AM -0800
References:  <200202050920.g159KrP55937@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE> <20020205012231.Q21734-100000@localhost>

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On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 01:25:28AM -0800, f.johan.beisser wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Christoph Kukulies wrote:
> 
> >
> > Since two days my procmail filter isn't working anymore and I
> > see these logs in my maillog.

Could it be that sendmail stopped using my procmail filter
due to heave CPU load? And then 'latched' into a mode where it
first time detected that my home directory was mode 775 
and stayed complaining in this mode. Just a wild guess.

> >
> > It's FreeBSD 4.4 with ESMTP Sendmail 8.11.6/8.11.6 (the stock
> > that comes withthe distribution). Is it likely that I have been
> > hacked? I see otherwise no signs thereof.
> >
> >
> > Feb  5 00:00:04 host sendmail[52966]: g14N03M52963: forward /home/user/.forward.host+: Group writable directory
> > Feb  5 00:00:04 host sendmail[52966]: g14N03M52963: forward /home/user/.forward+: Group writable directory
> > Feb  5 00:00:04 host sendmail[52966]: g14N03M52963: forward /home/user/.forward.host: Group writable directory
> > Feb  5 00:00:04 host sendmail[52966]: g14N03M52963: forward /home/user/.forward: Group writable directory
> 
> i would start with checking your permissions on those files. most likely
> either A) the .forward file has 660 permissions (it *should* default to
> 755, i think.. depending on your umask), or B) your home directory has a
> similar permissions issue.
> 
> hope this gives you something to start with..


-- 
Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de

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