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



At 4/5/01 09:17 AM +0100, you wrote:
Been there, done that.  The only world-writable directory is /var/mail, and
that has to be or mail does not work.

Something strange here...

> >  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

Why is there a .forward file in /var/spool/mail? I may be barking up the wrong tree here, but it strikes me that this file should go in admin's home directory. (Admin should of course view the file before copying it to make sure that someone isn't trying to get a copy of admin's mail...)

I thought /var/spool/mail only contained the mailboxes...


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Rodolfo J. Paiz
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