From owner-freebsd-current Fri Nov 17 3:53:45 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from lists01.iafrica.com (lists01.iafrica.com [196.7.0.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9F7F37B4C5 for ; Fri, 17 Nov 2000 03:53:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from nwl.fw.uunet.co.za ([196.31.2.162]) by lists01.iafrica.com with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #2) id 13wk54-0006iO-00; Fri, 17 Nov 2000 13:53:22 +0200 Received: (from nobody@localhost) by nwl.fw.uunet.co.za (8.8.8/8.6.9) id NAA00379; Fri, 17 Nov 2000 13:53:30 +0200 (SAST) Received: by nwl.fw.uunet.co.za via recvmail id 213; Fri Nov 17 13:52:27 2000 Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.fw.uunet.co.za) by axl.fw.uunet.co.za with local-esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 13wk4B-0000nd-00; Fri, 17 Nov 2000 13:52:27 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: void Cc: Leif Neland , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Proper permissons on /tmp In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 16 Nov 2000 15:18:09 GMT." <20001116151809.A15312@firedrake.org> Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 13:52:27 +0200 Message-ID: <3076.974461947@axl.fw.uunet.co.za> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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