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Subject: Re: 1.94.1 Makefile patch
From: Dave Wolfe <dwolfe @ risc . sps . mot . com>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:05:31 -0600 (CST)
To: tibbs @ hpc . uh . edu (Jason L Tibbitts III)
Cc: majordomo-workers @ greatcircle . com
In-reply-to: <ufa4tic9dj8.fsf@sina.hpc.uh.edu> from "Jason L Tibbitts III" at Nov 27, 96 01:56:43 am
Reply-to: Dave Wolfe <david_wolfe @ risc . sps . mot . com>

[ Jason L Tibbitts III writes: ]
> 
> >>>>> "JLT" == Jason L Tibbitts <tibbs@hpc.uh.edu> writes:
> 
> JLT> The permissions of $homedir, all files and all executables are made
> JLT> configurable.
> 
> Could someone who's not so tired that they're replying to their own
> messages like me give some thought as to exactly how restrictive the
> permissions can be set without things breaking?  I figure you can have
> $homedir 710 (with group daemon) and everything else 600 or 700.

Assuming sendmail runs in group daemon... I'm not sure there's that much
to be gained by restricting the group but I can't think of any reason
why paranoids like us can't do that.

-- 
 Dave Wolfe


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