From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 15 11:29:56 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 531AE16A401 for ; Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:29:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fullermd@over-yonder.net) Received: from optimus.centralmiss.com (ns.centralmiss.com [206.156.254.79]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27E2C13C457 for ; Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:29:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fullermd@over-yonder.net) Received: from draco.over-yonder.net (adsl-072-148-013-213.sip.jan.bellsouth.net [72.148.13.213]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by optimus.centralmiss.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69E442873E; Thu, 15 Mar 2007 06:29:55 -0500 (CDT) Received: by draco.over-yonder.net (Postfix, from userid 100) id EACD761C43; Thu, 15 Mar 2007 06:29:54 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 06:29:54 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Danny Braniss Message-ID: <20070315112954.GV56342@over-yonder.net> References: <200703151035.l2FAZjKa097746@lurza.secnetix.de> <20070315103800.GU56342@over-yonder.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Editor: vi X-OS: FreeBSD User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14-fullermd.3 (2007-02-12) Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Making /var/mail mode 1777 (was Re: Installing sendmail SUID installworld suggestion) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:29:56 -0000 On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 01:06:57PM +0200 I heard the voice of Danny Braniss, and lo! it spake thus: > > in /etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist, change Yah, but you have to remember and maintain that across upgrades. In rc.local, it's set-and-forget. > see also /etc/rc.d/var That hack landed and was near-forgotten in rc.local a *LONG* time before there was a rc.d ;) -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Systems/Network Administrator | http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/ On the Internet, nobody can hear you scream.