Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 22:15:01 -0500 (CDT) From: Doug Lee <dgl@visi.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Best /var/mail permissions? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007312207220.346-100000@kirk.dsl.visi.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007312222460.30161-100000@peloton.runet.edu>
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> > This locking scheme involves creating a lock file in /var/mail, > > Hmmm - my locks from pine show up on /tmp. > > I don't think I did anything special - just used the port. > > Brett I just used the port as well, but there was a change in behavior between my last two installations. There's an option in the Pine configuration which determines whether it complains if it doesn't have write permission in /var/mail. If the option is set to let it complain, the complaint is something like, "Mailbox vulnerable (should have 1777 permissions in /var/mail)." "Vulnerable," according to Pine docs, means susceptible to corruption by collision between Pine and the mail delivery agent. I believe my older Pine installation (same Pine version but FreeBSD 3.4 and made from an older ports tree) kept trying to write in /var/mail also but didn't complain, whereas my current Pine installation complains. Both take longer without than with the mode 1777 suggested by Pine. So... I expect you could see the speed increase of expunges and new mail checks also if you set /var/mail to 1777 even if you don't see warnings about it. -Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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