Re: [cobalt-developers] .forward

[Kul <WebMaster@xxxxxxx>]

baltimoremd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Kul wrote:
>
> > then (as root) from SSH/Telnet,
> >     chmod 2711 /home/sites/siteX/users/theuser
> > These seem (2711 - yes 4 digits - the "sticky bit" is required) to be the only permissions I can get it working with, whilst retaining full and normal use of the users web directory!
>
> Hmmm, I tried it both as 2711 and 700 on a RaQ4...worked both ways
>
> send a blank email to procraq@xxxxxxxxxxxx for the setup I used.
> Thom

Hi Thom,

I beleive** that the raq 4 has a different version of procmail ?  Although I dont ACTUALLY know as I dont have one <g>
The nasty raq3 version definatly requires a 2711 to work **AND** at the same time retain web access to the users "web" directory !  Sure the 700 works to get procmail going, but as a consequence the "web" directory dies a miserable death (permissions problems for browsers).  If you have no intetions of using /users/theuser/  then 700 will do the trick !

I know coz I spent a whole grueling day messing with this because I could not find a definitive answer anywhere.  So now I know exactly what the various permissions screw when set, and the best I could come up with during my testing and re-testing (I even got an untainted raq owner to try it, worked first time), was the "2711" and it seems to be the best (minimal) permission it is possible to get away with whilst retaining the current functionality of the web directories.  ;)  (ohhh, and not opening them wide up)
This 2711 works for both ".forward" and ".procmailrc" files (maybe others, didn't test others <g>)

Did you check your "web" directory  for the user (Browser / FTP), after giving the users directory a 700 ?

MY raq3 procmail ver is: "procmail v3.13.1"  maybe you could settle this once and for all with your "procmail -v" version?  I would be interested to know if its a version difference or a setup difference that causes this ?

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Regards,
Kul