Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 17:25:58 -0500 From: Gerald S Stoller <gs_stoller@juno.com> To: jonc@chen.org.nz Cc: gs_stoller@juno.com Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <20031110.175531.-335519.3.GS_Stoller@juno.com>
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On Mon, 3 Nov 2003 18:27:44 +1300 Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
writes:
> On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 11:47:58PM -0500, Gerald S Stoller wrote:
> > FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE #0: Sat Apr 21 10:54:49
> GMT 2001
> > jkh@narf.osd.bsdi.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC i386
> >
> > I received this message on my FreeBSD system in
> root
> > windows:
> > sendmail[897]: h9V0K0r00897: forward /home/sstoller/.forward:
> Group
> > writable directory
> >
> > It doesn't tell me which directory it is
> complaining about
> > so I don't know which one to fix.
>
> Very likely /home/sstoller.
> --
> Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
Turns out that it was two directories,, /usr & /usr/homes .
/home is a link to /usr/homes .
When I have to do things in a directoryowned by root or the
system,
I make it group writable ( wheel ) and use the user sstoller (who is in
wheel )
to make the changes. Thus I avoid having root do much, since work done
by root can turn to disaster with typos. Later I change the
directories back,
but I have had the system crash and I could have forgotten about the
directories
when I next booted.
Anyway, I still maintain that the message should name the
directories that it
is complaining about.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> "If everything's under control, you're going too
> slow"
> - Mario
> Andretti
>
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