Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 01:42:05 -0500 (EST) From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@ki.net> To: Mark Crispin <MRC@Panda.COM> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: /var/mail (was: re: Help, permission problems...) Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.961101014039.16305J-100000@quagmire.ki.net> In-Reply-To: <MailManager.846808078.5917.mrc@Ikkoku-Kan.Panda.COM>
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On Thu, 31 Oct 1996, Mark Crispin wrote: > > Ah, so now that it seems to be determined that SVR4 and Linux both > > set their mail spools to 775, and we know that IMAP is broken unless the > > mail spool is set to 1777, *and* you've stated that the world has basically > > adopted Linux...doesn't that heavily change your '99%' figure? > > No. The 99% figure has to do with using .lock files and permitting NFS > access. > But, if SVR4 and Linux both set their spools to 775, then how can .lock files work on them? Unless IMAP is setgid, which, as with setuid, I believe is a NO-NO. > Actually, no. Some of the SVR4 and Linux guys run it with SGID mail, although > I discourage them from doing that. > Will that trigger the error message, or quiet it? Marc G. Fournier scrappy@ki.net Systems Administrator @ ki.net scrappy@freebsd.org
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