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Re: procmail-3.13

1999-04-10 19:12:55
"Michael" == hUnTeR  <hunter(_at_)userfriendly(_dot_)net> writes:

    Michael> "Andrew S. Howell" wrote:
    >> Michael,
    >> 
    >> I think the "Suspicious rcfile" is from your home directory
    >> being writable by group and/or other.
    >> 
    >> Andy

    Michael> So you are saying its a matter of permissions? This is
    Michael> the file as it stands now...

    Michael> -rw-rw-r-- 1 hunter hunter 27238 Apr 10 13:24
    Michael> /home/hunter/.procmailrc

Michael,

        Yes, you need to do a "chmod go-w .promailrc"

My .procmailrc is:

-rw-r--r--   1 andy     tek         2443 Apr  2 17:08 .procmailrc

If I remember correctly, procmail also checks if others can write to
your home directory. If they can, then they could change your
.procmailrc and steal your mail.

My home directory is:

drwxr-xr-x  88 andy     tek        13824 Apr 11 10:54 ./

Regards,

        Andy

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