Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 02:33:57 -0500 (EST) From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@ki.net> To: Mark Crispin <MRC@CAC.Washington.EDU> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: /var/mail (was: re: Help, permission problems...) Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.961101023323.16305M-100000@quagmire.ki.net> In-Reply-To: <MailManager.846830924.19675.mrc@Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU>
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On Thu, 31 Oct 1996, Mark Crispin wrote: > On Fri, 1 Nov 1996 01:42:05 -0500 (EST), Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > But, if SVR4 and Linux both set their spools to 775, then how can > > .lock files work on them? Unless IMAP is setgid, which, as with setuid, I > > believe is a NO-NO. > > Their religion is to make all mail readers (including IMAP) setgid. > > > > Some of the SVR4 and Linux guys run it with SGID mail, although > > > I discourage them from doing that. > > > > > Will that trigger the error message, or quiet it? > > If it runs setgid, it won't trigger any error message, it'll just work. > Well, I think you just gave me my solution...and after how many email passing back and forth? :( Marc G. Fournier scrappy@ki.net Systems Administrator @ ki.net scrappy@freebsd.org
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