Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 22:09:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Brian Tao <taob@io.org> To: Giles Lean <giles@nemeton.com.au> Cc: FREEBSD-SECURITY-L <freebsd-security@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: setuid root sendmail vs. mode 1733 /var/spool/mqueue? Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.92.960610220622.24396E-100000@zap.io.org> In-Reply-To: <199606102154.HAA05652@nemeton.com.au>
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On Tue, 11 Jun 1996, Giles Lean wrote:
>
> I've not previously thought about running on a shell server; can
> sendmail delete the queue files after they're done with the sticky bit
> set?
I would think so... either the user-owned sendmail process deletes
it after it is delivered, or the root-owned 'sendmail -q5m' will do
it. That doesn't seem to be the case here though. I see a lot of
"Qf" and "df" files building up, but only one "qf" file.
--
Brian Tao (BT300, taob@io.org, taob@ican.net)
Systems and Network Administrator, Internet Canada Corp.
"Though this be madness, yet there is method in't"
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