From owner-freebsd-security Tue Jun 26 12:23: 3 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from axl.seasidesoftware.co.za (axl.seasidesoftware.co.za [196.31.7.201]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBC3737B401 for ; Tue, 26 Jun 2001 12:23:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sheldonh@starjuice.net) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.seasidesoftware.co.za) by axl.seasidesoftware.co.za with local-esmtp (Exim 3.30 #1) id 15EyQS-0000mF-00; Tue, 26 Jun 2001 21:23:04 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: netch@lucky.net Cc: security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "Correct" permissions on /var/mail? In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 26 Jun 2001 20:56:06 +0300." <20010626205606.K20517@lucky.net> Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 21:23:04 +0200 Message-ID: <2990.993583384@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za> Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 26 Jun 2001 20:56:06 +0300, Valentin Nechayev wrote: > If you insist that bugtraq is The Only Right Place to discuss some > questions, I can only shrug. No. Someone else posted the Bugtraq reference. The point isn't where it was discussed. The point is that this has been discussed many times before on many mailing lists and nothing new has been said on the subject for a while. > I don't think it is "interesting". It's not "interesting" for me. > It's _pity_ and shows whole Unix ugliness. But "we're to live _here_". Now look at it from the perspective of folks who've watched this topic over and over again and think about whether it's really too much to ask for folks to whom this is new to go and do a little reading in mailing list archives. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message