When it come to this stuff I am a novice my self. :) Can I run the checks
manualy? Or for that matter do I need to have imap installed if I only need
pop3 and web support? If I do not need imap how do I remove it from the
initial config. And once the bug gets fixed can I add it back in without
much trouble? And what should I tell sun the bug is?

Thanks for all your help.

Russell Premont
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sam Varshavchik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Courier-Users" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 11:10 PM
Subject: [courier-users] Re: Check fail


> Russell Premont writes:
>
> > Same result
> >
> > bash-2.05$ perl -e 'stat "foo/." || die "Dead.\n";'
> > bash-2.05$
>
> That's a definite bug in your operating system.  This is a violation of
> POSIX filesystem permission semantics.  The same exact bug was discovered
> in Tru64 UNIX earlier this year.  After some back-and-forth, Compaq agreed
> that it was a bug, and it should be fixed in the last Tru64 service
update.
>
> The upshot of this is that everything will work except for shared folders,
> until this bug is fixed.  If you have a service contract with your vendor,
> you should report it, and ask them to investigate.  Be sure to mention
that
> Compaq screwed up in exactly the same way, and they fixed it.  Now it's
> your vendor's turn.
>
> The executive summary is that if you do not have execute permissions on
> directory "FOO", then a stat(2) call for "FOO/BAR" must fail for all
values
> of "BAR", including ".".  "." is no different than any other entry of its
> directory, except that it always happens to refer to the current
directory.
>  But in all other aspects it's no different from any other directory
entry.
>  If you do not have execute permissions on a particular directory, you
have
> no permission to search that directory for anything.  There is no
> exception for the "." entry whatsoever, as far as POSIX filesystem
> permission semantics are concerned.
>
> You need to spell this out in your report.  Sometimes the first-level
> vendor support people who triage bug reports must be spoon-fed, when these
> kinds of delicate nuances are involved.
>
>
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Sam Varshavchik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Courier-Users" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 10:16 PM
> > Subject: [courier-users] Re: Check fail
> >
> >
> >> Russell Premont writes:
> >>
> >> > Ok I run it with no error I could see:
> >> >
> >> > bash-2.05$ mkdir foo
> >> > bash-2.05$ chmod u-rwx foo
> >> > bash-2.05$ perl -e 'stat "foo" || die "Dead.\n";'
> >>
> >> Err... Make it perl -e 'stat "foo/." || die "Dead.\n";'   , as
originally.
> >>
>
>
>
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