Bug#470994: [Alpine-info] Permissions of user mailboxes in /var/mail

2008-03-28 Thread Mark Crispin
I apologize for not responding earlier; I was on vacation until Tuesday. The answer to your question is: If I understand your question correctly, the answer is yes. It is OK for mailbox files in /var/mail to be protected 0600 without any specific group setting. In fact, this is the normal

Bug#470994: [Alpine-info] Permissions of user mailboxes in /var/mail

2008-03-28 Thread Asheesh Laroia
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008, Mark Crispin wrote: I apologize for not responding earlier; I was on vacation until Tuesday. The answer to your question is: If I understand your question correctly, the answer is yes. It is OK for mailbox files in /var/mail to be protected 0600 without any specific

Bug#470994: [Alpine-info] Permissions of user mailboxes in /var/mail

2008-03-19 Thread Mark Crispin
I won't be able to give a thorough review/response to your message until next week. Please do not interpret my silence as anything other than response still pending. The issues involved are complex and I don't want to give a misleading answer. On Mon, 17 Mar 2008, Asheesh Laroia wrote: