Date: Fri, 7 Jun 1996 16:35:15 -0600 From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> To: Paul Traina <pst@shockwave.com> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net>, Barnacle Wes <softweyr@xmission.com>, security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD's /var/mail permissions Message-ID: <199606072235.QAA01040@rocky.sri.MT.net> In-Reply-To: <199606072234.PAA00814@precipice.shockwave.com> References: <199606072107.PAA00612@rocky.sri.MT.net> <199606072234.PAA00814@precipice.shockwave.com>
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> Their locking systems are irrelevant if they do not cooperate with > mail.local. See PHK's recent email. Renaming the file to something else (in /var/mail) is a *real* effective way of making sure you lock the file. :) Nate
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