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Re: [cobalt-users] [raq3] forward /var/spool/mail/.forward: World writable directory - Help!
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] [raq3] forward /var/spool/mail/.forward: World writable directory - Help!
- From: "Steve Werby" <steve-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed Apr 4 12:24:34 2001
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
"DaveR" <mailings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I occasionally get :
>
> > Unusual System Events
> > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> > Mar 29 20:59:37 admin sendmail[19437]: QAA07859: forward
> /var/spool/mail/.forward.admin: World writable directory
> > Mar 29 20:59:37 admin sendmail[19437]: QAA07859: forward
> /var/spool/mail/.forward: World writable directory
>
> but I cannot work out why, and it's beginning to bug me - I have checked
all
> the obvious paths (and the /home/spool/... tree) and NOTHING is world
> writable
Check the parent directories of the mentioned path. I believe if a
directory anywhere in the path is world-writable you'll receieve that
warning.
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Steve Werby
President, Befriend Internet Services LLC
http://www.befriend.com/