Date: Tue, 09 Apr 1996 23:33:20 -0700 From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM> To: Peter Wemm <peter@jhome.DIALix.COM> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /var/mail default permissions?? Message-ID: <199604100633.XAA06657@Root.COM> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 10 Apr 1996 13:56:20 %2B0800." <199604100556.NAA03118@jhome.DIALix.COM>
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>I thought /var/mail was supposed to be mode 1777 on BSD systems?? No. This would allow someone to create a bogus mailbox on behalf of someone else (assuming one didn't yet exist) that could then be read by people other than the intended recipient. This issue has been thrashed out many times before... -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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