xiaohua@bnlux0.bnl.gov (Xiao Hua) (09/21/90)
Dear netters, I just started using mh and found one thing is disturbing. After inc'ing all incoming mail into inbox, I noticed that all the messages names by integer numbers are readable by the whole world. Is this supposed to happen ? Any pointers are appreciated. -- x \\\\\\\\\\\\\////////////// /////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
marquard@itasca..aix.kingston.ibm.com (Dave Marquardt) (09/21/90)
In article <2146@bnlux0.bnl.gov> xiaohua@bnlux0.bnl.gov (Xiao Hua) writes: >I just started using mh and found one thing is disturbing. After inc'ing all >incoming mail into inbox, I noticed that all the messages names by integer >numbers are readable by the whole world. Is this supposed to happen ? >Any pointers are appreciated. Try setting Msg-Protect: 600 in your $HOME/.mh_profile. Apparently your system is defaulting to Msg-Protect: 644 or something like that. -Dave
lyndon@cs.athabascau.ca (Lyndon Nerenberg) (09/24/90)
xiaohua@bnlux0.bnl.gov (Xiao Hua) writes: >I just started using mh and found one thing is disturbing. After inc'ing all >incoming mail into inbox, I noticed that all the messages names by integer >numbers are readable by the whole world. Is this supposed to happen ? The actual message files are created with permissions based on your umask. I think you will find, though, that your ~/Mail directory was created with mode 700, which prevents anyone else from getting at those files. -- Lyndon Nerenberg VE6BBM / Computing Services / Athabasca University {alberta,cbmvax,mips}!atha!lyndon || lyndon@cs.athabascau.ca The only thing open about OSF is their mouth. --Chuck Musciano
ben@shalom.sybase.com (ben ullrich) (09/24/90)
use Folder-Protect: 700 in your .mh_profile to give your folders
permissions such that only you can examine the files within them.
use Msg-Protect: 600 to give your files the same type of
protection.
i bet these will only work on folders and messages created/used after you add
these lines, so you may want to run chmod on the files/folders, to set their
permissions on the spot. use the corresponding octal number from the two
above: 700 for folders, 600 for files.
..ben
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