Bug#375072: exim4: Wrong file permissions of mailboxes in /var/spool

[Marc Haber]

block #375072 #374705
# hope this is the right order
thanks

On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 05:18:28AM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote:
> I intalled etch from the beta2 install cd and configured exim4 to do
> local delivery only. After the installation mail delivery to a local
> user account failed because the file permission were not set correctly.
> This is how it looked on my system after the installation:
> 
> pluto:/etc/exim4# ls -la /var/mail/
> insgesamt 8
> drwxrwsr-x  2 root mail 4096 2006-06-23 05:05 .
> drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 2006-06-23 02:36 ..
> ----------  1 root mail    0 2006-06-01 20:03 Debian-exim
> ----------  1 root mail    0 2006-06-01 20:09 gdm
> ----------  1 root mail    0 2006-06-01 20:06 hal
> ----------  1 root mail    0 2006-06-01 20:04 identd
> ----------  1 root mail    0 2006-06-01 20:05 messagebus
> ----------  1 root mail    0 2006-06-01 20:12 michael
> ----------  1 root mail    0 2006-06-01 20:04 statd

This is #374705, and a bug in the shadow package.

> As a measure of safety though you could check in the exim postinst
> script, if the permissions in /var/mail are set correctly and if not
> correct them or at least give a warning.

I consider this beyond exim4's scope. We could be required to check
/etc/passwd syntax as well next time.

Greetings
Marc

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