On Wed, 8 May 2002, J.D. Bronson wrote: > What is the correct permissions for /var/mail?
$ sudo chown root:wheel /var/mail; sudo chmod 1777 /var/mail In this order. Not 17777. And not g+s, that is only required on SYSV UNIXB.. > I am concerned about this as some POP3 daemons make the file rw-rw and > therefore any other user could read email! Then they suck ;) //mirabilos -- tarent Gesellschaft fC<r Softwareentwicklung und IT-Beratung mbH Heilsbachstr. 24, 53123 Bonn | Poststr. 4-5, 10178 Berlin fon: +49(228) / 52675-0 | fon: +49(30) / 27594853 fax: +49(228) / 52675-25 | fax: +49(30) / 78709617 GeschC$ftsfC<hrer Boris Esser, Elmar Geese HRB AG Bonn 5168 Ust-ID: DE122264941
