On 4/21/2005 18:00, "Larry Stone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have not run Mac OS X's "repair disk permissions" since the update. I know > many people recommend doing so both before and after applying any OS update > but I've found doing so actually causes me problems - it changes the > permissions on /var/mail to something pine does not like. Yes, it does (to 775). So I change them back to 1777 after running repair permissions. sudo chmod 1777 /var/mail Not very painful. (1777 allows the U of Washington libraries to create the "hitching post" files they want to in /var/mail. The 1 prevents the world from deleting any file that that particular world user didn't create. File permissions prevent the wrong user from reading others' mail.) --John ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
