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Date:      Thu, 10 Dec 1998 21:48:33 -0600 (CST)
From:      Tony Kimball <alk@pobox.com>
To:        bill@bilver.magicnet.net
Cc:        freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: majordomo
Message-ID:  <13936.38339.37056.442305@avalon.east>
References:  <4.1.19981210125618.00ad17b0@abused.com> <199812110258.VAA03249@bilver.magicnet.net>

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Quoth Bill Vermillion on Thu, 10 December:
: 
: >    ----- Transcript of session follows -----
: > 550 :include:/usr/local/majordomo/lists/camft-main-digest... Cannot open
: > /usr/local/majordomo/lists/camft-main-digest: Group writable directory
:                                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
: 
: There's your clue.  The latest sendmail doesn't like this.  After
: all you don't want other changing your mailing list do you?

Well, yes.  That's what group permissions are *for*, to allow
the members of a given group to administer those parts of the system
for which they are responsible.  Sendmail and ppp are painfully, 
woefully ignorant of the meaning and value of group bits.




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