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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!hunter.premier.net!news.mathworks.com!enews.sgi.com!news-feed.inet.tele.dk!newsfeed.easynet.co.uk!easynet-uk!knews.uk0.vbc.net!news.uk0.vbc.net!neptune.fast.net.uk!sean From: sean@neptune.fast.net.uk (Sean B Purdy) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: What permissions for popper and directory? Date: 24 Oct 96 16:04:58 GMT Organization: the beach.... Lines: 15 Message-ID: <326f93aa.0@news.fast.net.uk> Reply-To: sean@fastnet.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Host: news.fast.net.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Hi, What permissions must /usr/local/libexec/popper and /var/mail have for popper to write its temporary files in /var/mail when called from inetd? Should /var/mail really be chmod 777? Sean -- Sean B Purdy, system administrator sean@fastnet.co.uk > Danstar's Second Law - The amount of complaining is inversely > proportional to the seriousness of the problem. - quoted by Mark Brady