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Re: Q: Setting System Mailbox Permissions

2000-10-10 13:58:04
Seth Bradley Noble <sbnoble(_at_)DataExpedition(_dot_)com> writes:
I have a shared administrative account whose system mailbox I would
like to have permissions rw-r----- so that members of a group can
check it for message headers.

Since installing procmail (v3.13.1), the mailbox permissions get reset
to rw------- every time new mail is delivered.  I have tried setting
the account's procmailrc file to
      UMASK=007
but this has no effect: the permissions are still reset to 0600 with
each new delivery.

Any ideas on how I can keep the system mailbox group readable?

To quote the MISCELLANEOUS section of the procmail(1) manpage:

       If  /var/mail/$LOGNAME already is a valid mailbox, but has
       got too loose permissions on  it,  procmail  will  correct
       this.   To  prevent procmail from doing this make sure the
       u+x bit is set.

So, set the permissions to 740 == rwxr-----

Philip Guenther

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