Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 16:11:41 +0100 From: Dom Mitchell <Dom.Mitchell@palmerharvey.co.uk> To: Gerald Pfeifer <pfeifer@dbai.tuwien.ac.at> Cc: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua>, Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@rahul.net>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 'make installworld' makes /var/mail world-not-writable Message-ID: <E10S0B3-0004Yy-00@voodoo.pandhm.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Gerald Pfeifer's message of "Tue, 30 Mar 1999 16:59:19 %2B0200" <Pine.GSO.4.10.9903301657210.16716-100000@markab.dbai.tuwien.ac.at>
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On 30 March 1999, Gerald Pfeifer proclaimed: > On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > /var/mail was never supposed to be world-writable. > > The proper mode for it is 0775. > > Nope, the proper mode for /var/mail/ is rwxrwxrwt. > > How else is locking supposed to work? Or do you want to run all your mail > user agents suid root? ITYM setgid mail. -- Dom Mitchell -- Palmer & Harvey McLane -- Unix Systems Administrator "Value of 2 may go down as well as up" -- FORTRAN programmers manual -- ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. ********************************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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