On your typical Unix system /tmp has permissions of 1777 (drwxrwxrwt) for really, REALLY good reasons. Directories must be executable if you want them to be used. I'd suggest reading up on how file/directory modes work under Unix.
CC -----Original Message----- From: Scott Kopel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 3 December 2004 6:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [SM-USERS] /tmp directory permissions? I have been using Squirrelmail for a few years with no problems. I am currently using version 1.4.0 imap server is uw webserver is apache 1.3.27 a few days ago I found in the /tmp directory and executable file named "b" ... which was owned by apache user I couldn't tell what the file was doing so I deleted it and changed the permissions to 666 on the /tmp directory.. ie not executable.. when I did this I found that users couldn't login to squirrelmail so it seems that squirrelmail requires apache to have execute permission on the /tmp and on squrrrelmail/data directories. but in my case at least it seems that apache can write to those files and execute whatever... can anyone shed any light on this problem? is there anyway to run squirrelmail without execute permission on the directories /tmp and squirrelmail/data? or is there any way to keep apache from writing files to these directories and executing them? thanks for any help Scott Kopel English Department - FSU 850 644 6177 ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ -- squirrelmail-users mailing list Posting Guidelines: http://squirrelmail.org/wiki/wiki.php?MailingListPostingGuidelines List Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Archives: http://news.gmane.org/thread.php?group=gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users ************************************************************************ Bunnings Legal Disclaimer: 1) This email is confidential and may contain legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not disclose or use the information contained in it. If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately by return email and delete the document. 2) All emails sent to and sent from Bunnings PTY LTD. are scanned for content. Any material deemed to contain inappropriate subject matter will be reported to the email administrator of all parties concerned. ************************************************************************ ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ -- squirrelmail-users mailing list Posting Guidelines: http://squirrelmail.org/wiki/wiki.php?MailingListPostingGuidelines List Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Archives: http://news.gmane.org/thread.php?group=gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
