VM protection problem with #*# files

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From: highnam
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1992 23:02

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While reading mail with VM a file is created in the
home directory called #INBOX# .  It does not have
the correct protection bits set:

>> ll #*
-rw-r--r--  1 highnam    135514 May  1 09:47 #INBOX#
>> ll INBOX
-rw-------  1 highnam    135617 May  1 08:50 INBOX
>>

Thus, for the duration of the VM session, my mail is
visible to the world.

VM is setting protection using the umask value rather
than copying the protection of INBOX.  I would like 
to keep my -rw-r--r-- default protection.  The current
behavior is unreasonable if the original is protected.

Thanks, Peter

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