Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 08:00:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Dufault <dufault@hda.com> To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /var/mail default permissions?? Message-ID: <199604101200.IAA01416@hda.com> In-Reply-To: <199604100854.BAA01214@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at Apr 10, 96 01:54:41 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. -- 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
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