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

["DaveR" <mailings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It does, and that's one of the things that has puzzled me.  The file IS in
the admin home directory.

-----Original Message-----
From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Rodolfo J. Paiz
Sent: 05 April 2001 16:12
To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: 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...


--
Rodolfo J. Paiz
rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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