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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!news.ultranet.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!cyberstore.ca!vanbc.wimsey.com!unixg.ubc.ca!atha!nss.mag-net.com!canada!canada!not-for-mail From: lyndon@orthanc.com (Lyndon Nerenberg) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: smail-3.1.29.1 cannot lock mailboxes Date: 8 Jun 1995 15:11:39 -0700 Organization: Orthanc Systems Lines: 14 Message-ID: <3r7sjc$1jf@multivac.orthanc.com> References: <3r29u3$9vm@Mars.mcs.com> <3r2ron$qap@bell.maths.tcd.ie> <3r313f$oaj@Mars.mcs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: multivac.orthanc.com chilton@MCS.COM (Christopher Hilton) writes: >P.S. According the smail the permissions on /var/mail should be 1777 >bin bin. That fixed the problem, again, am I making my situation worse >by doing that? Yes. You're opening yourself up for a massive denial of service attack. See my previous post for the correct fix. --lyndon -- Orthanc Systems: Internet and UNIX consulting lyndon@orthanc.com || canada!lyndon || Fax: +1 604 561 2067