Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 11:36:13 -0500 (EST) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: void <float@firedrake.org> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Proper permissons on /var/mail Message-ID: <200011161636.LAA83126@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <20001116151809.A15312@firedrake.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011160650180.41866-100000@arnold.neland.dk> <20001116151809.A15312@firedrake.org>
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<<On Thu, 16 Nov 2000 15:18:09 +0000, void <float@firedrake.org> said: > I have a similar problem -- every time I make world, perms on /var/mail > get set to 775. Mutt considers my mailbox read-only until I change it > to 1777. It is misconfigured (or perhaps just broken). 1777 mode for /var/mail is insecure, but was necessary in the mists of ancient past, before UNIX learned to do file locking. Unless your mail spool is shared over NFS (don't do that), locking is reliable and .lock files should never be used or relied upon. -GAWollman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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