Summary : pop mail server problem

From: Eddie Tsang <cwcc_at_vtc.edu.hk>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 09:51:12 -0800

Hi to everyone,

Thanks for all the helpful people who replied :

Richard Eisenman Alan Rollow
Juergen Bock MC.Vialatte_at_custsv.univ-bpclermont.fr
Jacobo Pirez Lajo Gernot Salzer
stephen white Carlos A M dos Santos
Dr. Tom Blinn Paulo Gomes
(Hope I don't miss anyone)

Mainly, four suggestions were provided :
1) Change the file system size of root, but it seems hard to do so.
2) rm /tmp, then create a symbolic link to another file system.
3) Use /tmp as a mount point for the another file system.
4) Source another pop mail server like qualcom qpopper, cucipop.

Suggest 2 seems to be the easiest one.
The symbolic link /tmp -> /var/tmp created have lrwxrwxrwx. I found that
this symbolic link can be removed by any user. I am still figuring out
how this can be prevented.

I found that my /usr/tmp -> /var/tmp with permission lrwxr-xr-x. That
protect the symbolic link from being deleted by other. But I have no
ideal how this can be set. Comments are welcomed.
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Regards,
Eddie Tsang
Computer Centre
Hong Kong Technical College (Chai Wan)
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Received on Mon Apr 14 1997 - 18:34:52 NZST

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