I'm not sure if you guys are really responsible for this, but...
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Mark Doyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wed May 23, 2001 11:49:10 AM US/Pacific
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Software update clobbers root dir permissions
>
> Greetings,
>
> As Scott Anguish has been harping about, the Installer/Software Updater
> is
> evil. I just did the IE 5.1 update (don't ask me why - I never use IE).
> It blithely changes permissions on directories like / - this causes
> sendmail to complain thusly:
>
> May 23 14:36:06 q sendmail[8537]: f4NIa6r08537: SYSERR(root): hash map
> "Alias0": unsafe map file /etc/mail/aliases.db: Group writable directory
>
> preventing all mail delivery.
>
> This is the third time this has happened to me (hmmm, I guess that
> should
> be "shame on me" then) and it is really frustrating. Apple, please fix
> this!
>
> Cheers,
> Mark
>
>
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