Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 13:52:27 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: void <float@firedrake.org> Cc: Leif Neland <leifn@neland.dk>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Proper permissons on /tmp Message-ID: <3076.974461947@axl.fw.uunet.co.za> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 16 Nov 2000 15:18:09 GMT." <20001116151809.A15312@firedrake.org>
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On Thu, 16 Nov 2000 15:18:09 GMT, void wrote: > I have a similar problem -- every time I make world, perms on /var/mail > get set to 775. Mutt considers my mailbox read-only until I change it > to 1777. Is there a supported way to locally override BSD.var.dist, or > do I need to install mutt setgid mail, or what? You get two answers here. 1) 1777 on /var/mail is bad, bad, bad. Don't do that. 2) The easiest way to override the permissions and ownerships enforced during a make world is to use CVS to update your sources so that your local hacks to src/etc/mtree/BSD.*.dist are not overwritten on update. There are other ways, but the bottom line is that you should find a way to ensure that those files are modified to your taste before every world update. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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