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From: Radu MOLNAR <taipan@hawat.cc.ubbcluj.ro>
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Hello list

pine gives me this message:
[Folder vulnerable - directory /var/mail must have 1777 protection]
why?

ls -l in my home dir:
drwx------   2 taipan  wheel       512 Apr 15 09:26 mail

an ls -l in /var/mail:
-rw-------  1 taipan  wheel  11089 Apr 16 09:52 taipan

is this serious?

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Radu Molnar
Babes-Bolyai Comunication Center
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