Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 14:26:31 -0700 (PDT) From: "Craig Shaver" <craig@seabass.progroup.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /var/mail default permissions?? and anon! Message-ID: <199604102126.OAA17113@seabass.progroup.com> In-Reply-To: <199604101200.IAA01416@hda.com> from "Peter Dufault" at Apr 10, 96 08:00:04 am
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> > > > > > > I thought /var/mail was supposed to be mode 1777 on BSD systems?? > > > > > > mail.local was designed to work in that scenario and has specific code to make > > > sure it's secure.. (granted, the net-2 mail.local may not have been solid, but > > > the 4.4BSD mail.local has been secure since the encumbered release and later > > > in the Lite releases) > > > > login: fred > > passord: > > % > > % ls -l /var/mail/peter > > % ls: /var/mail/peter: No such file or directory > > % cat > /var/mail/peter > > > > That was the end of Terry's message. > > Did this totally confuse anyone elses mailer? I see these two > messages in elm: > > > 1 Apr 10 Bite Me (13) Ha ha > > 2 Apr 10 Terry Lambert (41) Re: /var/mail default permissions?? > > and have this in my in box: > > > From dufault Wed Apr 10 07:34:25 1996 > > From: anon@anon (Bite Me) > > Subject: Ha ha > > Status: OR > > > > Don't you wish you could do something about your mail... give > > Fred $5 and he'll unlock it for you. > > > > -- Anon > > > > ^D > > % exit > > which threw me for a loop a minute. I don't think this is what > Terry was showing us. No, I got the same message from anon@anon. I think someone who has access to the mailing lists has used the addresses there to connect directly to the smtp port and type in a prank mail message. This message has none of the standard routing information and does not have a full header. It did not show up in any of my log files. > > -- > Temporarily via "hdalog@zipnet.net"... > > Peter Dufault Real-Time Machine Control and Simulation > HD Associates, Inc. Voice: 508 433 6936 > dufault@hda.com Fax: 508 433 5267 > -- Craig Shaver (craig@progroup.com) (415)390-0654 Productivity Group POB 60458 Sunnyvale, CA 94088
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