On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 22:11:29 -0600, Ferry Boor wrote: > Hi guys, > > I just install fedora everything running smooth. however when I peek on > my /var/log/maillog > there was a line says > > Nov 22 21:02:20 Cheyenne ipop3d [774]: Mailbox vulnerable - directory > /var/spool/mail must have 1777 protection > how do I get rid of this error message? Ignore it. It's misleading. It's not vulnerable. ipop3 just disagrees with the permission bits that are found on /var/spool/mail. If you feel the need to shut up ipop3d, however, eiher change the permissions bits or patch ipop3d. > here is the permissions/ownership on /var/spool/mail > > drwxrwxr-x 2 root mail 4096 Nov 25 11:01 mail Which is more secure than 01777, because it's not world-writable like 01777 would be. With 01777 everyone could create files in /var/spool/mail. > and all users have -rw-rw---- > root has -rw------- > I install fedora on 2 machines and both have the same problem. > > I can send or receiving email with no problem. "same problem" ./. "no problem"? Kind of contracticting itself. ;) FWIW, procmail also doesn't like Red Hat's choice of permissions on /var/spool/mail. But unliked ipop3d, it fails to create a non-existant mail folder due to that. --
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