Date: Sun, 3 Nov 1996 10:59:24 -0700 (MST) From: Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com> To: chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: /var/mail (was: re: Help, permission problems...) Message-ID: <199611031759.KAA09477@obie.softweyr.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.95.961030175425.8183P-100000@quagmire.ki.net> References: <199610302213.QAA26662@brasil.moneng.mei.com> <Pine.NEB.3.95.961030175425.8183P-100000@quagmire.ki.net>
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Marc G. Fournier qouted:
> Give me an account on your system, then remove your mail box, and I will
> happily demonstrate what a pain in the ass it is when you stop receiving
> mail because some jackass decides to "touch /var/mail/scrappy"
Yeah, Security Toolkit checked this, reported any mail files not owned
by their rightful owner, as well as "orphaned" mail files. The mail
spool security check would produce a script that would restore correct
ownership to all mail files, create a 0-length mail file for every
user that didn't already have a mail file, and remove all orphans.
(Orphans can contribute to a denial of service attack; they consume
unneeded space in the mail spool filesystem).
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com
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