chmod /var/spool/mail
Rigler, Steve
SRigler at MarathonOil.com
Mon Jun 7 13:56:38 UTC 2004
The default is 775. Setting to 1777 would be preferrable to 777 (see
"man chmod" under "Sicky Directories"), but I haven't seen any reason
to deviate from the default.
-Steve
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[mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of Duncan
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 8:49 AM
To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
Subject: chmod /var/spool/mail
Can anyone please help , my server tends to give out this message if tail maillog , some have suggtested that i chmod 777 /var/spool/mail .I am just scared of doing the inreversible thing , please help .
error:
Mailbox vulnerable - directory /var/spool/mail must have 1777 protection
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Duncan Rack
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