Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 17:22:13 -0700 From: Lyndon Nerenberg VE7TCP <lyndon@orthanc.com> To: shanee@rabbit.augusta.de (Andreas Kohout) Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /var/mail default permissions?? Message-ID: <199604150022.RAA12285@multivac.orthanc.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 15 Apr 1996 01:17:00 %2B0700." <m0u8b2m-0009zaC@rabbit.augusta.de>
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>ok, but which permission is correct and how will I tell it smail (from the >ports collection)? >SMail works only with 1777 on /var/mail ... There should be a README-<something> in the smail source tree that documents the changes necessary for 4.4BSD systems. You have to change the delivery agent for "local" to invoke /usr/libexec/mail.local, rather than having it attempt direct delivery to the recipients mailbox. The modification goes into the smail directors file. You can use the "local" mailer definition in /etc/sendmail.cf to see how mail.local needs to be invoked. The "port" should be applying this fix. I'll take a look at it later today and see about submitting a patch. --lyndon
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