/var/spool/mail permissions

From: Lubos Kejzlar <kejzlar_at_zcu.cz>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 09:17:33 +0100 (MET)

Hi all,
        I would like to change 777 permissions of /var/spool/mail directory
(because I don't like such world writtable dirs :-). So I have made
following changes:

1) chmod o-w /var/spool/mail
2) chgrp mail /bin/binmail
3) chmod g+s /bin/binmail (why this step is necessary?)

My question is: are described changes correct or there is some weekness
in this solution? (We are running DU 3.2c)

Thank you very much in advance for any suggestion!

Best regards,
        Lubos

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Lubos Kejzlar
System and Network Specialist

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