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Article #2734Re: problems with new users' mail file creation
From: John Diamant
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 1988 04:35
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 1988 04:35
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> this is a bug in the Ultrix-sendmail. You can fix it by setting the mode
> of '/usr/spool/mail' to 1777 (don't forget the sticky bit, or everyone
> can remove your mailbox!).
Would you care to explain that item about the sticky bit? I always that the
sticky bit was merely an efficiency hack. Are you saying that it actually
changes the security of the running program? How?
John Diamant
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!ucsd!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!hplabs!hpda!hp-sde!hpfcdc!hpfclp!diamant From: diamant@hpfclp.SDE.HP.COM (John Diamant) Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail Subject: Re: problems with new users' mail file creation Message-ID: <1410006@hpfclp.SDE.HP.COM> Date: 12 Jul 88 04:35:29 GMT References: <876@garth.UUCP> Organization: HP SDE, Fort Collins, CO Lines: 12