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From: Maciek Pasternacki (maciekpJAPHY.FNORD.ORG)
Date: Wed Mar 07 2001 - 01:10:31 CST

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    Syzop pressed following keys:
    >Why is mail on some systems sgid?,
    >It looks like it's something with locking files, but why doesn't mail
    >to be sgid on other systems then?
    >
    AFAIK it has something to do with brain-dead idea of putting users' mail in
    /var/spool/mail/login instead of /home/login/Mailbox (or, better, Maildir/).
    To lock the file which is not in world-writeable directory, program has to be
    setuid or setgid.

    > Syzop.
                    --jph 

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