The default is 775. Setting to 1777 would be preferrable to 777 (see "man chmod" under "Sicky Directories"), but I haven't seen any reason to deviate from the default. -Steve -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Duncan Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 8:49 AM To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: chmod /var/spool/mail Can anyone please help , my server tends to give out this message if tail maillog , some have suggtested that i chmod 777 /var/spool/mail .I am just scared of doing the inreversible thing , please help . error: Mailbox vulnerable - directory /var/spool/mail must have 1777 protection ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Duncan Rack -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
