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Bob McClure Jr wrote:
On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 09:28:38AM -0500, Mark Corsi wrote:My guess is that the server is seeing the process as 'other'. This leaves two solutions. One is to start the process with sudo so it starts as root. I would hazard a guess that this would open up an unexpected security hole since this is a mail process. The other solution is to make the process owner part of the group that owns that folder and make the folder group writable. Pretty sure the second solution will maintain security while accomplishing your goal.Well, I already have a sufficiently secure work-around, but that works around a symptom. I want to find out why an out-of-the-box configuration quit working.
Were there any diagnostics in the logs that may be of use? Did you check /usr/bin/procmail and verified it was rwxr-xr-x (755), owned by root, group of mail? Yes, /var/mail is a symlink to /var/spool/mail and the link should be mode rwxrwxrwx (777). /var/spool/mail itself should be owned by root, group of mail with mode rwxrwxr-x (775). The files below that should be owned by the user whose mailbox it is, group of mail with mode rw-rw---- (660). I know of no extra things that may be affected by the addition of a user via the "adduser" scripts that wouldn't be handled IF all of the user- related files (home directories, hidden files, etc.) are present. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer ricks@xxxxxxxx - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - Try to look unimportant. The bad guys may be low on ammo. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Redhat-install-list mailing list Redhat-install-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to: redhat-install-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: unsubscribe