Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 17:18:22 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: mark@grondar.za (Mark Murray) Cc: shanee@rabbit.augusta.de, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Some questions about compiling -current Message-ID: <199603040648.RAA12053@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199603040555.HAA16715@grumble.grondar.za> from "Mark Murray" at Mar 4, 96 07:55:57 am
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Mark Murray stands accused of saying: > > > 3. at the beginning of make world the script changes the permission from > > /var/mail. But myy smail need 1777 at /var/mail. Is there anything with my > > smail? > > > > rabbit:/root# ll /usr/local/bin/smail > > -r-sr-xr-x 1 root bin 241664 19 Dez 16:24 /usr/local/bin/smail* > > Yes. Having your maildir world writable is a _huge_ security hole. Do you > have your own smail, or did you build it from ports? I believe the one in > /usr/ports/mail/smail is OK. change to that directory and type "make". > (put your smail source tarball in /usr/ports/distfiles first). It's not actually quite so bad - Netscape requires this for its builtin movemail to work too. > Mark Murray -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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