Re: Security Question with temp files...

[Homer Wilson Smith]

> >     Usually its 1777, again it should be the same as
> > /var/spool/mail
>
> Please note that this setting will make sendmail very unhappy.  Sendmail
> does not like any dir to be group or world writeable.  You will need to
> play with both ownership and group to keep both sendmail and Qpopper
> happy.  Or you will need to "force" sendmail to be happy with these
> settings (not advised and painful to do it).

     I disagree.  sendmail does not write to any mailbox, procmail
does.

     Our /var/spool/mail is drwxrwxrwt

     1777

     Been that way forever.

    Running Linux 2.0.38, qpop 4.0.3 and procmail 3.15.x

    sendmail 8.8.8