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Date:      Tue, 5 Feb 2002 01:25:28 -0800 (PST)
From:      "f.johan.beisser" <jan@caustic.org>
To:        Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: .forward+ group writable directory
Message-ID:  <20020205012231.Q21734-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <200202050920.g159KrP55937@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE>

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On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Christoph Kukulies wrote:

>
> Since two days my procmail filter isn't working anymore and I
> see these logs in my maillog.
>
> It's FreeBSD 4.4 with ESMTP Sendmail 8.11.6/8.11.6 (the stock
> that comes withthe distribution). Is it likely that I have been
> hacked? I see otherwise no signs thereof.
>
>
> Feb  5 00:00:04 host sendmail[52966]: g14N03M52963: forward /home/user/.forward.host+: Group writable directory
> Feb  5 00:00:04 host sendmail[52966]: g14N03M52963: forward /home/user/.forward+: Group writable directory
> Feb  5 00:00:04 host sendmail[52966]: g14N03M52963: forward /home/user/.forward.host: Group writable directory
> Feb  5 00:00:04 host sendmail[52966]: g14N03M52963: forward /home/user/.forward: Group writable directory

i would start with checking your permissions on those files. most likely
either A) the .forward file has 660 permissions (it *should* default to
755, i think.. depending on your umask), or B) your home directory has a
similar permissions issue.

hope this gives you something to start with..

-------/ f. johan beisser /--------------------------------------+
  http://caustic.org/~jan                      jan@caustic.org
    "John Ashcroft is really just the reanimated corpse
         of J. Edgar Hoover." -- Tim Triche



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