sreangsu acharyya wrote:
> > I'm getting the following error on the server while accesing mails from a client.
> > "Mailbox vulnerable - directory /var/spool/mail must have 1777 protection"
> > the directory /var/spool/mail is owned by root.mail with 775 permissions.
> > all files under /var/spool/mail are owned by user.mail with 660 permissions
> sreangsu wrote:
> mutt being a responsible mua is warning you that anybody and everybody can
> read all the mails!!
no! /var/spool/mail has perms 775 for root.mail, so root/mail can write
in the directory whereas all others can see the listing. inside the
directory, every user's mailbox has perms as 660 for $USER.mail. thus
the mailboxes can b writen & read *ONLY* by the mail and $USER users.
others can just c the size of the mailboxes of other users, but *cant*
read them.
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