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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc group 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 02 May 1997 06:24:37 +0400."
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Date: Thu, 01 May 1997 19:38:16 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> On Thu, 1 May 1997, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> 
> > jkh         97/05/01 17:06:10
> > 
> >   Modified:    etc       group
> >   Log:
> >   Add mail group.
> 
> Does it means that ports/mail/* (like Elm or popper) should be sgid mail
> from this moment?

Well, things like elm and pine have never been suid anything; I
believe they do not need to create things in /var/mail and instead
simply truncate the mailbox (which the user running elm/pine
ostensibly owns).

Anything which is suid root for the purpose of writing in /var/mail
should be sgid mail, yes.  I will change the default permissions of
/var/mail in the mtree files after a few more days have gone by for
feedback.

					Jordan