Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 23:31:54 -0700 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net> To: faSty <fasty@i-sphere.com> Cc: Leonard Chung <leonard@ssl.berkeley.edu>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "Correct" permissions on /var/mail? Message-ID: <20010624233154.N11961@blossom.cjclark.org> In-Reply-To: <20010624141322.A77852@i-sphere.com>; from fasty@i-sphere.com on Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 02:13:22PM -0700 References: <5.1.0.14.2.20010624140225.02d492f0@chung.yikes.com> <20010624141322.A77852@i-sphere.com>
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On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 02:13:22PM -0700, faSty wrote: > Yes, the FreeBSD default 775 on /var/mail but my email server kept complain > stated /var/mail is security potiental so i had to set 1777 to shut the email > server up. It seems safe no security expliot lately on my shell server with > 20 hardcore shell customers. > > PS. This is going interesting topic discuss.. Im forwarding hear other people's > opinion. I'm not. Devolves into a religious war. I just had to sit through one of these on another mailing list. If you want to see some opinions on this go to this link, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/184210 And follow the thread it started (click "Thread Index" at the top of the frame and look for the side threads it started too, "Mail delivery privileges"). No need to start this here. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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