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Article #275Re: re: Mail.app not reading /usr/spool/mail directory...
From: David Lemson
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 21:33
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 21:33
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In article <1992Jul24.133416.2867@bmw.mayo.edu> brunkhorst@mayo.edu (Geoff Brunkhorst) writes: > I ran into this last week after blindly believing COPS which > told me write access to that directory is considered a security risk > (It probably is, but...) It's not a risk as long as the sticky bit (that final 't' in the permissions on the listing given by ls -lg) is set. /tmp should be the same way. (mode 1777 for you octal fans) drwxrwxrwt 3 root wheel 1024 Jul 27 15:56 mail -- David Lemson (312) 732-4741 FNBC Sys Admin (Summer) UIUC NeXT Campus Consultant(rest of the time) E-mail to: lemson@fnbc.com NeXTMail accepted
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!psinntp!juliet!news From: lemson@fnbc.com (David Lemson) Subject: Re: re: Mail.app not reading /usr/spool/mail directory... Message-ID: <1992Jul27.213307.351@fnbc.com> Sender: news@fnbc.com Reply-To: lemson@fnbc.com Organization: First National Bank Of Chicago, Chicago IL, USA References: <1992Jul24.133416.2867@bmw.mayo.edu> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 21:33:07 GMT Lines: 14