Submitted 11-Jun-00 by Andre Steden:
> Why did linuxconf change the following file permissions :
>
> /var/spool/mail from 42775 to 40775
> /usr/sbin/sendmail from 100755 to 106755
> /usr/sbin/pppd from 105755 to 104755
> /home/ftp from 40700 to 40755
/home/* are given perms 0700 (and reset by msec when changed to 755)
for security reasons (though I'd like to see the ability to configure
certain directories as being allowed to be open like that). AFAIR
/home/* _used_ to be 755 standardly.
> Are the permission not correct after a fresh install of Mdk71 ?
But, as for the others, the problem is linuxconf making assumptions
that may have been true when the version was written, but no longer
are.
As an example, sendmail doesn't *want* to be suid root (warnings in
mail logs at least if you're running postfix) and linuxconf wants to
make it so.
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