Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 02:17:27 -0500 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Kenneth Tucker <kennethtucker@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: mail Message-ID: <3E250B07.2010803@mac.com> References: <42CDA782-2839-11D7-90CD-000393C22E4A@yahoo.com>
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Kenneth Tucker wrote: > mail : > drwxr-xr-x 8 root wheel 272 Jul 27 22:54 mail > > sendmail.cf : > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 57504 Jul 14 2002 sendmail.cf > > > I don't know what the Fw prefix does but I looked into > /etc/mail/local-host-names and it is empty. "Fw" means add the contents of the file /etc/mail/local-host-names to class w, which is the set of names for which the machine should deliver mail locally. As for the permissions problem, this is a collision between Mac user expectations about the / filesystem being writable by default (ie, so non-root users can create top-level directories if they please), and security. Apple configures sendmail to disregard this check, but it's probably better to do: chmod go-w / /etc /etc/mail [ Note that running the Apple Software Updater tends to reset these. ] -Chuck PS: Apologies for the off-topic reply. On the other hand, there exist Mac users who might run FreeBSD simply because it resembles Darwin. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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