Package: smstools
Version: 3.0.2-2

In order to send a sms, user must be smsd, as smsd is the only user capable of writing to /var/spool/sms/outgoing. Instead, can you assign group write privileges to the directories under /var/spool/sms? This would allow an administrator to nominate users to send sms without it being necessary to give them smsd privileges. Smsd privileges, while not root, still allow unlimited access to the modem via the dial-out group.

How to reproduce:

Steps to Reproduce:
1. ls -la /var/spool/sms

Actual results:

$ ls -la /var/spool/sms/
total 28
drwxr-xr-x 7 smsd smsd 4096 Mar 13 07:25 .
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Mar 13 07:25 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 smsd smsd 4096 Mar 13 07:25 checked
drwxr-xr-x 2 smsd smsd 4096 Mar 13 07:25 failed
drwxr-xr-x 2 smsd smsd 4096 Mar 13 07:25 incoming
drwxr-xr-x 2 smsd smsd 4096 Mar 13 07:25 outgoing
drwxr-xr-x 2 smsd smsd 4096 Mar 13 07:25 sent

Expected results:

$ ls -la /var/spool/sms/
total 28
drwxr-xr-x 7 smsd smsd 4096 Mar 13 07:25 .
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Mar 13 07:25 ..
drwxrwxr-x 2 smsd smsd 4096 Mar 13 07:25 checked
drwxrwxr-x 2 smsd smsd 4096 Mar 13 07:25 failed
drwxrwxr-x 2 smsd smsd 4096 Mar 13 07:25 incoming
drwxrwxr-x 2 smsd smsd 4096 Mar 13 07:25 outgoing
drwxrwxr-x 2 smsd smsd 4096 Mar 13 07:25 sent




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