Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 15:23:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Gerhard Sittig <Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net> Cc: FreeBSD-SECURITY <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: pine 4.21 port issues? Message-ID: <200008081923.PAA15089@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <20000808201626.I261@speedy.gsinet> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008080020001.86895-100000@epsilon.lucida.qc.ca> <20000808201626.I261@speedy.gsinet>
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<<On Tue, 8 Aug 2000 20:16:26 +0200, Gerhard Sittig <Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net> said: > For locking and for modifications to the inbox via copies and > renaming (or for creating new inboxes upon first invocation) you > need write access to the spool dir. No, you don't. You only need write access to the spool file. Mutual exclusion is provided by locking the file. Inboxes are *created* only by the LMDA, not by any MUA. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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