Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!ucsd!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!hplabs!hpda!hp-sde!hpfcdc!hpfclp!diamant From: diamant@hpfclp.SDE.HP.COM (John Diamant) Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail Subject: Re: problems with new users' mail file creation Message-ID: <1410006@hpfclp.SDE.HP.COM> Date: 12 Jul 88 04:35:29 GMT References: <876@garth.UUCP> Organization: HP SDE, Fort Collins, CO Lines: 12 > this is a bug in the Ultrix-sendmail. You can fix it by setting the mode > of '/usr/spool/mail' to 1777 (don't forget the sticky bit, or everyone > can remove your mailbox!). Would you care to explain that item about the sticky bit? I always that the sticky bit was merely an efficiency hack. Are you saying that it actually changes the security of the running program? How? John Diamant Software Development Environments Hewlett-Packard Co. ARPA Internet: diamant@hpfclp.sde.hp.com Fort Collins, CO UUCP: {hplabs,hpfcla}!hpfclp!diamant