Re: [gentoo-user] mail in $HOME/.maildir, why ??? (cont.)

2005-08-29 Thread Jarry
Neil Bothwick wrote: MAILDIR=/var/spool/mail DEFAULT=$MAILDIR/$LOGNAME/ at the top of /etc/procmailrc OK, I tried. My /etc/procmailrc is: DEFAULT=/var/spool/mail/$LOGNAME/ # that is the same Mail is still in "maildir" format but at least in /var/spool/mail. Q: How can I prohibit users fr

Re: [gentoo-user] mail in $HOME/.maildir, why ??? (cont.)

2005-08-29 Thread A. Khattri
On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, Jarry wrote: > Q: How can I prohibit users from changing mail-path in their > $HOME/.procmailrc back to $HOME/.maildir? That way they could > circumvent my /var userqouta settings (100MB) and use /home > settings (5GB)... Dont know if you can stop that. > One more problem: I

Re: [gentoo-user] mail in $HOME/.maildir, why ??? (cont.)

2005-08-29 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 20:42:38 +0200, Jarry wrote: > > MAILDIR=/var/spool/mail > > DEFAULT=$MAILDIR/$LOGNAME/ > > at the top of /etc/procmailrc > > OK, I tried. My /etc/procmailrc is: > DEFAULT=/var/spool/mail/$LOGNAME/ # that is the same > > Mail is still in "maildir" format but at least in /

Re: [gentoo-user] mail in $HOME/.maildir, why ??? (cont.)

2005-08-29 Thread Jean Magnan de Bornier
Le 29 août à 20:42:38 Jarry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> écrit notamment: | OK, I tried. My /etc/procmailrc is: | DEFAULT=/var/spool/mail/$LOGNAME/ # that is the same > | Mail is still in "maildir" format but at least in /var/spool/mail. DEFAULT=/var/spool/mail/$LOGNAME (no slash at the end) should g

Re: [gentoo-user] mail in $HOME/.maildir, why ??? (cont.)

2005-08-29 Thread Jarry
Q: How can I prohibit users from changing mail-path in their $HOME/.procmailrc back to $HOME/.maildir? Dont know if you can stop that. Strange. It seems to me to be a sort of security problem, if someone can so easily circumvent userquota settings... After logging there I get either message

Re: [gentoo-user] mail in $HOME/.maildir, why ??? (cont.)

2005-08-30 Thread A. Khattri
On Tue, 30 Aug 2005, Jarry wrote: > Strange. It seems to me to be a sort of security problem, > if someone can so easily circumvent userquota settings... Not if you have quotas on /home -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] mail in $HOME/.maildir, why ??? (cont.)

2005-08-30 Thread Jarry
A. Khattri wrote: Strange. It seems to me to be a sort of security problem, if someone can so easily circumvent userquota settings... Not if you have quotas on /home Yes I do have quotas both on /home and /var. But if user can redirect its mails from /var (where userquota is 100MB, mail is s

Re: [gentoo-user] mail in $HOME/.maildir, why ??? (cont.)

2005-08-30 Thread Ron Bickers
On Mon August 29 2005 04:19 pm, A. Khattri wrote: > > And last question: I have access to one Debian box (which uses mbox > > format). After logging there I get either message "No mail", or > > "You have new mail". But I do not get any similar message on my > > Gentoo box. Why? Can I somehow activ

Re: [gentoo-user] mail in $HOME/.maildir, why ??? (cont.)

2005-08-30 Thread Willie Wong
On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 08:42:38PM +0200, Jarry wrote: > And last question: I have access to one Debian box (which uses mbox > format). After logging there I get either message "No mail", or > "You have new mail". But I do not get any similar message on my > Gentoo box. Why? Can I somehow activate

Re: [gentoo-user] mail in $HOME/.maildir, why ??? (cont.)

2005-08-30 Thread Walter Dnes
On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 08:42:38PM +0200, Jarry wrote If you have a problem with users having access to certain email, then don't let them access that email at all. That is the only way. > Neil Bothwick wrote: > > Q: How can I prohibit users from changing mail-path in their > $HOME/.procmailr