Date: Fri, 07 Jun 1996 15:38:40 -0700 From: Paul Traina <pst@shockwave.com> To: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> Cc: Barnacle Wes <softweyr@xmission.com>, security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD's /var/mail permissions Message-ID: <199606072238.PAA00959@precipice.shockwave.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 07 Jun 1996 16:35:15 MDT." <199606072235.QAA01040@rocky.sri.MT.net>
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Ah, good point. I didn't think someone would actually yank the file out from under mail.local. Cough... hand me dunce cap for assuming all the world was as stupid as elm. Paul From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> Subject: Re: FreeBSD's /var/mail permissions > Their locking systems are irrelevant if they do not cooperate with > mail.local. See PHK's recent email. Renaming the file to something else (in /var/mail) is a *real* effective way of making sure you lock the file. :) Nate
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