Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 12:16:07 -0500 (CDT) From: Bryan Bradsby <Bryan.Bradsby@capnet.state.tx.us> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Matt Heckaman <matt@ARPA.MAIL.NET>, FreeBSD-PORTS <freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG>, FreeBSD-SECURITY <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: pine 4.21 port issues? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008081204570.12627-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1000808095247.38638A-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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Edit the system wide /usr/local/etc/pine.conf (or the local .pinerc, for
single use) and append 'quell-lock-failure-warnings' to 'feature-list='
I wish there was a better answer than suppressing the bogus error
message.
-bryan bradsby
PS: see also /usr/local/etc/pine.conf.fixed for complete control
overridding any of your users individual settings.
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On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Robert Watson wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Matt Heckaman wrote:
>
> > This is a bad thing. The default permissions on FreeBSD for /var/mail are
> > root:mail 0775 which, in my opinion, is far better than 1777. I'm curious
> > as to why all of the sudden it is reporting the mailbox as 'vulnerable'.
>
> Dunno, but I agree with your conclusion that 0775 is better :-).
>
> > I've had a ton of users of mine freak out over this, and I must admit it's
> > odd. Pine aso has a new? depend on c-client4.7 which it did not have a few
> > months ago to my knowledge, as I have one pine build from March 19 that
> > does not have this depend or the mailbox warning.
>
> It sounds like a spurious warning from an over-zealous developer that did
> not plan for our mail delivery environment. I haven't been using Pine
> 4.21, but I think this is a warning that can be safely silenced in the
> port, although you probably want to get confirmation from others familiar
> with the Pine iand c-client mplementations before going ahead with that.
>
> Robert N M Watson
>
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