Re: Maildirs in Debian

2002-08-02 Thread Phillip Baker
Nate wrote: > I'm not trying to change your mind on anything, but I think there's > something you're overlooking - vacations. I was out of town last week, > and my "systems" folder is the list where my SysAdmin team gets email. > It receives anywhere from 500 to over 1000 email messages a day. In o

Re: Maildirs in Debian

2002-08-02 Thread Phillip Baker
Some would say, the solution would be to delete messages instead of hoarding all your mailing list email which is more than likely archived automatically by the list manager anyway (one would hope - I haven't actually checked, but I'm sure theres got to be an archive of the debian lists somewhere).

Re: /root/ drwxr-xr-x?

2002-08-02 Thread Phillip Baker
> I think youre looking for DIR_MODE= in /etc/adduser.conf Yes, but my point was that Debian now /asks/ about it on install. It used to assume 755 by default previously. Regards, Phillip Baker LC Host Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Apache/PHP/FTP and user rights

2002-08-02 Thread Phillip Baker
ime so far :/ If you need a hand at any stage, let me know and I'll do my best to answer your questions. Regards, Phillip Baker LC Host Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Apache/PHP/FTP and user rights

2002-08-01 Thread Phillip Baker
gards, Phillip Baker LC Host Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Marcin Sochacki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 4:29 PM Subject: Re: Apache/PHP/FTP and user rights > On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 03:4

Re: Apache/PHP/FTP and user rights

2002-08-01 Thread Phillip Baker
(oops, sent it directly to nicolas instead of the list - resent to the list for other people's benefit) I resigned myself to using cgi-php, mainly because I didn't want users scripts running as the webserver (somewhat of a security risk as then all files readable by the webserver become readable t

Re: /root/ drwxr-xr-x?

2002-08-01 Thread Phillip Baker
> > short version: /root 755 is no security risk and it wont get changed > >either. If you want, set it to 0700 on your box. > > long version: search the list archives (both -user and -devel will have > > some hits I guess). Assuming you dont have any sensitive data i