[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 19, 2000 at 10:45:47AM -0700, Anthony White wrote:
>
> Well, the log files would be definitive on this matter. You could
> turn off the forwarding for a while and see what happens.
I guess I could try sending mail to these to check...
> Qmail delivers them as the user alias, so if alias can write into those
> directories, then everything is fine. There is no magic in the groups.
I have just chown'ed all files in '~/alias' to qmail. See the
ls -la listing for the directory below. The 'sticky' bit is set.
drwxr-sr-x 2 alias qmail 1024 Apr 13 10:56 .
drwxr-xr-x 12 root qmail 1024 Apr 13 14:20 ..
> > -rw-rw-r-- 1 root qmail 10 Apr 13 10:25 .qmail-root
> > Should 'root' own the 4 last in the list or should they be owened by 'alias'
> > ?
>
> As a rule I try and have the user of the alias files be the owner, but
> if Unix lets the user alias read those files, then it's ok. In this case
> since you have a=r you are fine.
>
> To test for sure, su to alias and try and read them with cat or more
> or somesuch.
>
What would the password for su alias be?
Regards
Anthony
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