On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 12:13:31PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 19:15:25 -0700, David Ellement wrote:
> > If mutt has been compiled +USE_DOTLOCK, it needs to create a lock
> > file in the spool directory. If mutt_dotlock is not setgid, then
> > only those users with write permission to the mail spool directory
> > will be able to alter their mailbox. See the mutt FAQ.
>
> BTW, this is really annoying. Why can't mutt use dotlocking when
> the mailbox is dotlockable and use another method when the mailbox
> isn't dotlockable?
there was a rather long discussion of mail directory permissions on bugtraq at:
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?threads=1&fromthread=0&tid=185553&list=1&start=2001-05-13&end=2001-05-19&;
in it they spoke of not even needing .lock files if systems were posix compliant (or
something to the effect). does mutt use some style of posix locking by default, or
only lock files?
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adam
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