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[Gerald S Stoller]

On Mon, 3 Nov 2003 18:27:44 +1300 Jonathan Chen <jonc at chen.org.nz>
writes:
> On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 11:47:58PM -0500, Gerald S Stoller wrote:
> > FreeBSD  4.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE #0: Sat Apr 21 10:54:49 
> GMT 2001
> >     jkh at narf.osd.bsdi.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC  i386
> > 
> >                 I received this message on my  FreeBSD  system in  
> root 
> > windows:
> > sendmail[897]: h9V0K0r00897: forward /home/sstoller/.forward: 
> Group
> > writable directory
> > 
> >                It doesn't tell me which directory it is 
> complaining about
> > so I don't know which one to fix.
> 
> Very likely /home/sstoller.
> -- 
> Jonathan Chen <jonc at chen.org.nz>
           Turns out that it was two directories,,  /usr  &  /usr/homes .
 /home  is a link to  /usr/homes .
           When I have to do things in a directoryowned by  root  or the
system,
I make it group writable ( wheel ) and use the user  sstoller  (who is in
 wheel )
to make the changes.  Thus I avoid having  root  do much, since work done
by  root  can turn to disaster with typos.  Later I change the
directories back,
but I have had the system crash and I could have forgotten about the
directories
when I next booted.
       Anyway, I still maintain that the message should name the
directories that it
is complaining about.
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> Andretti
>