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Re: [cobalt-users] Re: email forwarding



On Friday 14 December 2001 14:22, SM wrote:
> Hi,
>
> At 16:21 14-12-2001 -0000, Ian McCabe wrote:
> >Does it really matter about providing 777 permissions on files which are
> >effectively outside of the public_html area, I always thought that it did
>
> The 777 permissions allows other users on the system to modify the file(s).
>  If I am another user on your box, I could modify your .forward to forward
> your emails to my account.

I don't think you could, if the file was in a directory that you did not have 
rights too.

Not that I am condoning leaving files around with 777 rights.
-- 
-Gerald