Re: Warning: group or other writeable: - followup

2016-12-10 Thread Scott Kitterman
On December 10, 2016 4:20:30 PM EST, wie...@porcupine.org wrote: >Scott Kitterman: >> It's an issue we're aware of. I intend to deal with it in the >> next upload. The files that these symlinks point to (in the same >> directory) do have correct permissions. > >Those symlinks are not needed. Post

Re: Warning: group or other writeable: - followup

2016-12-10 Thread Wietse Venema
Scott Kitterman: > It's an issue we're aware of. I intend to deal with it in the > next upload. The files that these symlinks point to (in the same > directory) do have correct permissions. Those symlinks are not needed. Postfix .so files MUST NEVER be used by non-Postfix programs, and therefore

Re: Warning: group or other writeable: - followup

2016-12-10 Thread John
I will sit on my hands for the moment and await the official fix. Thanks Scott On 10/12/16 01:37 PM, Scott Kitterman wrote: On December 10, 2016 9:48:38 AM EST, John wrote: In the mail log. I get the error message "Warning: group or other writeable:" followed by one of the following file n

Re: Warning: group or other writeable: - followup

2016-12-10 Thread Scott Kitterman
On December 10, 2016 9:48:38 AM EST, John wrote: >In the mail log. > >I get the error message "Warning: group or other writeable:" followed >by >one of the following file names > >/usr/lib/postfix/./sbin/lmtp >/usr/lib/postfix/./libpostfix-tls.so.1 >/usr/lib/postfix/./libpostfix-util.so.1 >/usr/l

Re: Warning: group or other writeable: - followup

2016-12-10 Thread Wietse Venema
John: > Do these messages matter, should they be followed up, or are they trivia > and can be ignored. find / -name lmtp The warning means that a non-root user can change things and become root. Wietse

Re: Warning: group or other writeable: - followup

2016-12-10 Thread John
In the mail log. I get the error message "Warning: group or other writeable:" followed by one of the following file names /usr/lib/postfix/./sbin/lmtp /usr/lib/postfix/./libpostfix-tls.so.1 /usr/lib/postfix/./libpostfix-util.so.1 /usr/lib/postfix/./libpostfix-dns.so.1 /usr/lib/postfix/./libpos

Re: Warning: group or other writeable: - followup

2016-12-10 Thread Wietse Venema
John: > Do these errors matter? Yes. It means that a non-root user can change stuff and become root. Wietse > > On 10/12/16 01:15 AM, John wrote: > > I am seeing the above message associated with the following files - > > > > /usr/lib/postfix/./sbin/lmtp > > /usr/lib/postfix/./libpostfi

Re: Warning: group or other writeable: - followup

2016-12-10 Thread Bastian Blank
On Sat, Dec 10, 2016 at 08:39:14AM -0500, John wrote: > Do these errors matter? Where do you see errors? In the subject you talked about warnings. Please be precise if you want to describe problems. Bastian -- You! What PLANET is this! -- McCoy, "The City on the Edge of Foreve

Re: Warning: group or other writeable: - followup

2016-12-10 Thread John
Do these errors matter? On 10/12/16 01:15 AM, John wrote: I am seeing the above message associated with the following files - /usr/lib/postfix/./sbin/lmtp /usr/lib/postfix/./libpostfix-tls.so.1 /usr/lib/postfix/./libpostfix-util.so.1 /usr/lib/postfix/./libpostfix-dns.so.1 /usr/lib/postfix/./li

Re: Warning: group or other writeable:

2016-12-09 Thread Benny Pedersen
John skrev den 2016-12-10 07:15: I am seeing the above message associated with the following files - /usr/lib/postfix/./sbin/lmtp [...] My problem is that I cannot find these files - where should I look and why are they group/other writeable? build stage try to install chrooted, bummer

Re: Warning: group or other writeable:

2016-12-09 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
On Sat, Dec 10, 2016 at 01:15:59AM -0500, John wrote: > I am seeing the above message associated with the following files - > > /usr/lib/postfix/./sbin/lmtp > /usr/lib/postfix/./libpostfix-tls.so.1 > /usr/lib/postfix/./libpostfix-util.so.1 > /usr/lib/postfix/./libpostfix-dns.so.1 > /usr/lib/postf