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Re: elm and /tmp/mbox.*
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Panzer Boy)
Mon Sep 4 18:59:33 1995
To: linux-security@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu
From: panzer@dhp.com (Panzer Boy)
Date: 4 Sep 1995 13:11:58 -0400
Why oh why is ELM SUID root?
What does it do that requires root access? It's SGID MAIL over here, and
I have no complaints, and I'm trying to figure out why it's even that.
[mod: The obvious alternative would be to have the mail drop directory
mode 1777... Dunno how sendmail and smail react to forwarding
statements in mailboxes not owned by the proper user --okir]
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-Matt (panzer@dhp.com) DI-1-9026
"That which can never be enforced should not be prohibited."
