[comp.sys.next] permission bits on mbox

wilson@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Wilson Chan) (03/16/90)

I was surprised to find out that the permission bits on ~/Mailboxes/Active.mbox
/mbox and mbox~ are set to everyone readable by default.  Has this "feature" 
been discussed before?  I know you can manually set the file protection mask
bits in Preferences, but isn't it logical not to let anyone go through your
mail?

--wilson

eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) (03/19/90)

In article <1895@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>
	wilson@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Wilson Chan) writes:
>I was surprised to find out that the permission bits on ~/Mailboxes/Active.mbox
>/mbox and mbox~ are set to everyone readable by default.  Has this "feature" 
>been discussed before?

Yes.

chmod 700 /usr/template/user/Mailboxes

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