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From: shovey@buffnet.net (steve hovey)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: 2.1-R suid problem
Date: 5 Dec 1995 22:20:38 GMT
Organization: BuffNET
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I ported MMDF to bsd.

The spool dir has chmod 700 with mmdf as owner.

the delivery program, submit, needs to make files in the spool dir

Its cant unless Im in as root, even though the suid bit is set on submit 
(4755)

I had to give the mailer group perms to the subdirs and setgroupid submit 
to get it to work.

I spent all day on this.  I think its a problem with suid - any clues?

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Steve Hovey -- shovey@buffnet.net
 	       root@buffnet.net