Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 17:20:00 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua> To: Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@rahul.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 'make installworld' makes /var/mail world-not-writable Message-ID: <19990330172000.A27706@relay.ucb.crimea.ua> In-Reply-To: <199903301412.AA21609@bolero-x.rahul.net>; from Rahul Dhesi on Tue, Mar 30, 1999 at 06:12:56AM -0800 References: <199903301412.AA21609@bolero-x.rahul.net>
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On Tue, Mar 30, 1999 at 06:12:56AM -0800, Rahul Dhesi wrote: > This came as a bit of a shock: > > 'make installworld' makes /var/mail world-not-writable > > As a result, users can no longer properly read their mail. > > Observed on yesterday's cvsup'd 3.1-STABLE. > > Rahul /var/mail was never supposed to be world-writable. The proper mode for it is 0775. # ls -lLd /var/mail drwxrwxr-x 2 root mail 1024 Mar 30 17:18 /var/mail Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA of the ru@ucb.crimea.ua United Commercial Bank +380.652.247.647 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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