Bug#436859: [pkg:exim4 / using mbox] no local delivery => on using a disitinct partiton for /var/mail access rights are set wrong!

[Marc Haber]

tags #436859

On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 10:09:28AM +0200, Gernot Pirnbacher wrote:
> Thats a small but annoying thing that could be easily fixed by a small
> check during config! i.e. just add the lines to the config script:
> 
> chown root:mail /var/mail
> chmod g=rwxs /var/mail
> 
> if /var/mail is not on an extra partition rights will only be reset,
> otherwise brought to correct values ...

I do not intend to "fix" this as exim4 does not mess with /var/mail at
all (see the maintainer scripts). As we might be overriding a local
admin's decision for non-standard rights on /var/mail, this would be a
policy violation, and I don't feel strongly enough to burden myself
with the necessary statoverride foo.

In other words: It is not exim's job to globally fix what you have
locally broken.

Tagging the bug appropriately.

Greetings
Marc

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