Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 18:02:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> To: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@cpl.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail oddity Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990415180018.11184C-100000@java.dpcsys.com> In-Reply-To: <19990415155711.A26446@cpl.net>
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On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Shawn Ramsey wrote: > Since upgrading to sendmail-8.9.3, errors like these have been showing up in > the logfile : > > Apr 15 15:54:48 luke sendmail[27804]: PAA27803: forward > /disk4/home/sunrise/dalriada/.forward.luke: Group writable directory > > Apr 15 15:54:48 luke sendmail[27804]: PAA27803: forward > /disk4/home/sunrise/dalriada/.forward: Group writable directory Sendmail justs gets more and more paranoid about file permissions (this is a good thing :) Since the directory is group writable someone sharing your group could put a .forward file in your home dir and have it forward all your mail to them. I'd just make all the user's home directories mode 0700. Dan -- Dan Busarow 949 443 4172 Dana Point Communications, Inc. dan@dpcsys.com Dana Point, California 83 09 EF 59 E0 11 89 B4 8D 09 DB FD E1 DD 0C 82 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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