[235] in Info-AFS_Redistribution
/usr/spool/mail
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jfwang@ralvm31.vnet.ibm.com)
Mon Jul 22 14:31:38 1991
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 91 13:34:31 EDT
From: jfwang@ralvm31.vnet.ibm.com
To: info-afs@transarc.com
We have problem setting up /usr/spool/mail directory under AFS.
The problem is with the setuid part of bellmail or sendmail
which actually put mails into /usr/spool/mail. Once the setuid is
set to root, it is mapped to nobody by AFS. Unless we change the
ACL of /usr/spool/mail to allow system:anyuser to read/write files
mails can't be delivered. But doing that means anyone can read
mails not belong to him/herself.
We were told by Transarc several sites reported this problem. They
suggest we post the question here. We don't want to use Andrew
message system, or whatever the name is. Any other suggestion is
deeply appreciated.
