From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 10 14:58:38 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 260DA16A4CF for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 14:58:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from m23.nyc.untd.com (m23.nyc.untd.com [64.136.22.86]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2876043F3F for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 14:58:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gs_stoller@juno.com) Received: from cookie.untd.com by cookie.untd.com for <"/s5f1SIGSI3+WdnoYQ8yROCqDWhRiJp2xLcNevkOLgRenhqv9hKCrw==">; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 14:58:05 PST Received: (from gs_stoller@juno.com) by m23.nyc.untd.com (jqueuemail) id JENLWS9K; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 14:58:05 PST To: jonc@chen.org.nz Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 17:25:58 -0500 Message-ID: <20031110.175531.-335519.3.GS_Stoller@juno.com> X-Mailer: Juno 4.0.9 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 0-1,3-24,26,28-29,31,33-34,36-43 X-Juno-Att: 0 X-Juno-RefParts: 0 From: Gerald S Stoller cc: gs_stoller@hotmail.com cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG cc: gs_stoller@juno.com Subject: Re: your mail X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 22:58:38 -0000 On Mon, 3 Nov 2003 18:27:44 +1300 Jonathan Chen 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 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 >