Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 22:53:57 +0100 (WEST) From: Nuno Teixeira <nuno.mailinglists@pt-quorum.com> To: Valentin Nechayev <netch@iv.nn.kiev.ua> Cc: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: /var/mail permissions: 0755 or 01777 ? Message-ID: <20010621224558.F335-100000@gateway.bogus> In-Reply-To: <20010622001925.A1597@iv.nn.kiev.ua>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello, Yes, you right. I have seen a lot of security advisories about Pine. Any way, I use it only to access my workstation local mail. To download the mail, I use fetchmail in SSL mode. In this particular case there is a security problem like you told me? I start using Pine when I came from (MS) Outlook Express about a year and this program is the best that I found with the best options to work with mail. I read a lot about Mutt 'the mongrel' but I think it isn't the best choice for newbies like me. Thanks very much, - -- Nuno Teixeira Dir. Técnico pt-quorum.com On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Valentin Nechayev wrote: > Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 21:51:34, nuno.mailinglists (Nuno Teixeira) wrote about "/var/mail permissions: 0755 or 01777 ?": > > > The FreeBSD default permissions for /var/mail are 0755. > > > > Why is that PINE says that the /var/mail directory is vulnerable and it > > says to change it to 01777? > > > > What are the correct permissions? > > 0755. > Don't use broken Pine setup. > And I suggest avoid Pine at all. See security officer's warning in Pine port. > > > /netch > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQE7Mmz6jwdyCmOgT8cRAo12AJ99BHvDp+vtg39VEOoGUn98ST8SiQCeNPBN 7cUjGWhxpxJloziEZJaHwZs= =hF1h -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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