On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 07:29:50AM -0400, Michael P. Soulier wrote:
>     Greetings. 
> 
>     mailq is linked to exim, so the mailq command is just a shortcut to do a
> queue check. Is it a security risk to permit normal users to check the mailq,
> because if I try it as a non-root user, I get "permission denied". 
> 
>     Thanks,
> 
>     Mike
> 
> -- 
> Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GnuPG pub key: 5BC8BE08
> "Pretty soon, massive bloat is the industry standard and everyone is using
> huge, buggy programs not even their developers can love."
>     -Eric S. Raymond, The Art of Unix Programming


No, it's not a security risk... for the reasons you mentioned... just edit 
permissions in usual manner...


Take care, 

Davor

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