drwxrwxrwt root mail It's because Fedora 1 has a different version of imap than 7.3. Quoting Hongwei Li <hongwei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Thanks! But my rh7.3 box has > > # ls -ld /var/spool/mail/ > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 28 08:00 > /var/spool/mail/ > > but never shows any warning message. Is it because rh7.3 > is too old? > > Also, should it be drwxrwxrwt or drwxrwxr-t? should it be > > drwxrwxrwt root mail > > or > > drwxrwxrwt root root? > > Thanks! > > > > /var/spool/mail should have the following permissions: > > drwxrwxrwt (it should have the sticky bit set). > > > > Quoting Hongwei Li <hongwei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> We have a fc1 box. We have he permissions setting as: > >> > >> # ls -ld /var/spool/mail > >> drwxrwxr-x 2 root mail 4096 Jun 28 08:43 > /var/spool/mail > >> # ls -ld /tmp > >> drwxrwxrwt 11 root root 24576 Jun 28 08:43 /tmp > >> > >> The LogWatch always shows the warning: > >> > >> Mailbox vulnerable - directory /var/spool/mail must > have > >> 1777 protection > >> > >> When a regular user (except root) opens pine to read > >> mails, he also sees > >> this message at the very beninning for about 1 to 2 > >> seconds. As I > >> understand, the permission drwxrwxr-x is correct. > What > >> is wrong? Do I > >> need to change the permission on the mail directory? > if > >> yes, change it to > >> what? > >> > >> Thanks! > >> > >> Hongwei > >> > >> > >> -- > >> fedora-list mailing list > >> fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >> To unsubscribe: > >> http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > >> > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging > Program. > > > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
