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Date:      19 May 1996 08:41:02 -0500
From:      peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva)
To:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: .forward and sendmail?
Message-ID:  <4nn8de$g2@bonkers.taronga.com>
References:  <199604230332.FAA21276@uriah.heep.sax.de> <199604231358.JAA05012@crh.cl.msu.edu>

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In article <199604231358.JAA05012@crh.cl.msu.edu>,
Charles Henrich  <henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu> wrote:
>Yes but think about it, .forwards WILL NOT WORK USUALLY EVER if sendmail doesnt
>read .forward's as root!

This is a design flaw in sendmail. .forwards should really be maintained in
a centralized directory by a setuid program like mail is.

>Most home directories are 700!

I tend to set mine to 711.

>This is a *bug* not a feature.

Yes.



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