Subject: PINE, IMAP and redhat 5.1

From: Majid Tajamolian <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 17:02:58 +0430 (IDT)

Dear LIST;
Hello, I have a problem with the above configuration. Our mail server is a
RedHat 5.1 and we connect to it via IMAP using PINE 4.10. PINE needs that
the /var/spool/mail directory has 1777 permission, otherwise it will
warning about "Mail box is vulnerable ...".
When we set the permission to the 1777 (sticky bit is set) all is good,
but sometimes the permission automatically is changed to the default
value which is 0775.
Did anyone see such problem previously? Any clue or guide?

-- THX in advance,
   M. Tajamolian
   Jun 22

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From: Alex Sotelo <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 10:02:20 -0400

When you say "automatically" just what do you mean? every hour, every
day, after every backup? right after you change it back? (east coast,
west coast, night time, day time, peak time [cellular phone commercial,
sorry I coud not contain myself] ;-)

It could be that one of the users, probably root, is doing something on
that directory at a certain point, and changing the permissions back.

-- 
Alex Sotelo
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"Yoda of Borg are we: Futile is resistance. Assimilate you, we will."

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From: Majid Tajamolian <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 19:31:29 +0430 (IDT)

Alex,
Usually after making some codes on the server machine!

> > Did anyone see such problem previously? Any clue or guide?

-- Cheers,
   M. Tajamolian
   Jun 22