From owner-freebsd-current Sun Apr 14 16:44:29 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id QAA22649 for current-outgoing; Sun, 14 Apr 1996 16:44:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mubo.augusta.de (mubo.augusta.de [193.175.25.25]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA22640 for ; Sun, 14 Apr 1996 16:44:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rabbit by mubo.augusta.de with uucp (Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0u8bSf-0008hBC; Mon, 15 Apr 96 01:44 MESZ Received: by rabbit.augusta.de (Smail3.1.29.1 #1) id m0u8b2m-0009zaC; Mon, 15 Apr 96 01:17 MET DST Message-Id: Date: Mon, 15 Apr 96 01:17 MET DST X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.3 References: <199604100852.KAA28320@grumble.grondar.za> From: shanee@rabbit.augusta.de (Andreas Kohout) Subject: Re: /var/mail default permissions?? X-Original-Newsgroups: muc.lists.freebsd.current In-Reply-To: <199604100852.KAA28320@grumble.grondar.za> To: current@freebsd.org Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In article <199604100852.KAA28320@grumble.grondar.za>, mark@grondar.za (Mark Murray) writes: >> I thought /var/mail was supposed to be mode 1777 on BSD systems?? >God forbid! ok, but which permission is correct and how will I tell it smail (from the ports collection)? SMail works only with 1777 on /var/mail ... -- Gruß, Andy ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Berge von unten, Kirchen von außen und Kneipen von innen ... shanee@rabbit.augusta.de Zirbelnußtown -------------------------------------------------------------------------