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Article #189603Re: Installing movemail
From: William S. Kaster
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 1990 02:32
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 1990 02:32
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Instead of setuid'ing to root, try setgid'ing to mail. This lets movemail write to the mail directory without unnecessarily abusing setuid root. Try: chgrp mail movemail (make an appropriate substitutionn for ``mail'') chmod g+s movemail Hope this helps. Regards, -Bill -- William S. Kaster Hewlett-Packard Palo Alto, CA wsk@hpclpa.hp.com or wsk@sun.soe.clarkson.edu
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103b8b,904605cbc170cac5 X-Google-Attributes: gid103b8b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1990-12-12 08:47:14 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!hpcc05!hpclpa!wsk From: wsk@hpclpa.HP.COM (William S. Kaster) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Subject: Re: Installing movemail Message-ID: <17850001@hpclpa.HP.COM> Date: 12 Dec 90 02:32:41 GMT References: <9012101531.AA07142@berlin-gw> Organization: HP Corp Learning Products Palo Alto, CA Lines: 17 Posted: Wed Dec 12 03:32:41 1990