Bug#4354: movemail doesn't work

1996-09-02 Thread Michael Shields
> Michael Shields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Package: emacs > > Version: 19.31-2 > > > > movemail complains about not being able to write a temp file in > > /var/spool/mail. > > > > One fix might be to make it setgid mail, iff the code is written to be > > sufficiently paranoid. > > As ship

Bug#4354: movemail doesn't work

1996-09-02 Thread Ian Jackson
Mark W. Eichin writes ("Re: Bug#4354: movemail doesn't work"): > [Ian:] > > Why does movemail need to be setuid root ?! > > Well, the package as I inherited had the following in debian.rules: ... > # movemail is installed setuid so that POP can work.

Bug#4354: movemail doesn't work

1996-09-01 Thread Ian Jackson
Mark W. Eichin writes ("Bug#4354: movemail doesn't work"): ... > As shipped, it *was* installed setuid root + setgid mail... could you > check your installation and verify, and perhaps be more specific about > movemail's complaint? Also include the actual modes of you

Bug#4354: movemail doesn't work

1996-08-31 Thread Richard Kettlewell
Michael Shields writes: >Package: emacs >Version: 19.31-2 > >movemail complains about not being able to write a temp file in >/var/spool/mail. > >One fix might be to make it setgid mail, iff the code is written to be >sufficiently paranoid. That's odd. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:richard$ ls -l /usr/lib/e

Bug#4354: movemail doesn't work

1996-08-31 Thread Michael Shields
Package: emacs Version: 19.31-2 movemail complains about not being able to write a temp file in /var/spool/mail. One fix might be to make it setgid mail, iff the code is written to be sufficiently paranoid. -- Shields, CrossLink.