Re: [vchkpw] Permission $vpopmail/lib directory

2003-07-11 Thread Mike Miller
I'd agree now that I remember ( as I think I partook in that discussion a few years ago, but forgot about it ). Agreed to leaving it 700 so that you need to be specifically aware if you change it. Thanks folks. -M _ Protect your P

Re: [vchkpw] Permission $vpopmail/lib directory

2003-07-06 Thread Geoff Sweet
AS far as I have ever understood, the problem with relaxing the permissions on this directory is that libvpopmail.a contains sensitive information hardcoded into the library. Things like the mysql password. After you have compiled you should tighten the perms back up. G On Fri, 2003-07-04 at 16

Re: [vchkpw] Permission $vpopmail/lib directory

2003-07-06 Thread Doug Clements
On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 11:58:43PM +, Mike Miller wrote: > [vpopmail - 5.3.20] > > So I installed vpopmail and now I'm compiling courier-IMAP as a > non-root user (like a good boy). Problem is, /var/vpopmail/lib and the > libvpopmail.a library are chmodded 700 without permissions beside