Subject: Re: /var/spool/mail must have 1777 protection

From: Jakub Chromy <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 09:21:24 +0100 (CET)

> 	since our /var/spool/mail has 2775 protection, pine tells us
> it MUST have 1777 protection, saying our mailbox would be
> "vulnerable". I can't see why.
> 
> 	Could someone tell me ? 

That's message from some of the mailer daemons.

# chmod 1777 /var/spool/mail/

BTW: This problem sometimes occurs, when moving /var/spool/mail/ directory
to new drive.

with regards

           Jakub Chromy

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