Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 22:29:11 -0800 (PST) From: Morgan Davis <mdavis@cts.com> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: pw touches mailbox file Message-ID: <199811010629.WAA23256@io.cts.com>
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The 'pw useradd' function includes an undocumented feature of creating a mailbox file in /var/mail. There is no flag for disabling this, nor is it really necessary since it'll get created by sendmail anyway. But alas, it's there. Unfortunately, the assumption about /var/mail being the location for mailboxes is problematic if /usr/libexec/mail.local has been modified to use an alternate location (e.g., to support Qualcomm Popper's hashed spool directory feature -- /var/mail/j/s/jsmith). Suggestion: If pw must create a mailbox file, it should provide an option for specifying where that file is, or at least write through mail.local to honor any local configuration changes. At the very least, it should have a flag for disabling mailbox creation altogether. --Morgan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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