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Date:      Fri, 16 Apr 2004 00:27:14 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Radu MOLNAR <taipan@hawat.cc.ubbcluj.ro>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: mail folder vulnerable
Message-ID:  <20040416072714.GA80802@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20040416095729.A16602@hawat.cc.ubbcluj.ro>
References:  <20040416095729.A16602@hawat.cc.ubbcluj.ro>

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On Fri, Apr 16, 2004 at 09:58:31AM +0300, Radu MOLNAR wrote:
>=20
> Hello list
>=20
> pine gives me this message:
> [Folder vulnerable - directory /var/mail must have 1777 protection]
> why?
>=20
> ls -l in my home dir:
> drwx------   2 taipan  wheel       512 Apr 15 09:26 mail
>=20
> an ls -l in /var/mail:
> -rw-------  1 taipan  wheel  11089 Apr 16 09:52 taipan
>=20
> is this serious?

I believe the error message is wrong on FreeBSD, and it should not be
there if you use the FreeBSD port.

Kris

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