RE: [cobalt-users] [raq3] forward /var/spool/mail/.forward: World writable directory - Help!

["DaveR" <mailings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Been there, done that.  The only world-writable directory is /var/mail, and
that has to be or mail does not work.

-----Original Message-----
From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Steve Werby
Sent: 05 April 2001 04:07
To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] [raq3] forward /var/spool/mail/.forward:
World writable directory - Help!


"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.

--
Steve Werby
President, Befriend Internet Services LLC
http://www.befriend.com/

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