Nicolas François <nicolas.franc...@centraliens.net> writes: > When an user is created, useradd creates a /var/mail/$USER mailbox with > the mode 0660 (owned by $USER:mail). > > I heard this causes some issues for dovecot, and a solution could be to > move to mode 0600.
Where did you hear this? Exactly what did you hear? Is this documented in a bug report? Maybe some reference(s) to the bug report(s) would make it easier for the rest of us to understand the issues? > Here is an extract from the Debian policy: > > Mailboxes are generally either mode 600 and owned by <user> or mode > 660 and owned by `<user>:mail'[3]. The local system administrator may > choose a different permission scheme; packages should not make > assumptions about the permission and ownership of mailboxes unless > required (such as when creating a new mailbox). Anyway, doesn't this make any dovecot issue a policy violation? Or am I misunderstanding the "packages should not make assumptions about the permission and ownership of mailboxes" part? Bjørn -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
