Bug 120196

Summary:	Wrong permission for /var/spool/mail causes error and problems
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Robert Scheck <redhat-bugzilla>
Component:	filesystem	Assignee:	Bill Nottingham <notting>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Mike McLean <mikem>
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Description Robert Scheck 2004-04-06 18:27:36 UTC

Description of problem:
After the new filesystem RPM I found the following in my log file
each time there was a pop3 connection:

--- snipp ---
Apr  6 16:42:13 tux ipop3d[13455]: Mailbox vulnerable - directory /var/spool/mail must have 1777 protection
--- snapp ---

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
filesystem-2.2.4-1

How reproducible & Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install the latest filesystem RPM
2. Do a pop3 connection to receive mails or access mailbox via mutt
3. Get the error - or mutt displays that the mailbox is readonly, 
otherwise you find it in the maillog as written above.
  
Actual results:
The permission to /var/spool/mail is wrong set in the spec file in 
the files section.

Expected results:
--- filesystem.spec     2004-03-16 21:49:24.000000000 +0100
+++ filesystem.spec.rsc 2004-04-06 20:30:22.000000000 +0200
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 /var/run
 %dir /var/spool
 %attr(755,root,root) /var/spool/lpd
-%attr(775,root,mail) /var/spool/mail
+%attr(1777,root,mail) /var/spool/mail
 %attr(1777,root,root) /var/tmp
 /var/yp

Additional info:
Would be nice if that solution or a better one would be used to
fix the problem. Thank you :-)

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2004-04-06 18:35:35 UTC

Your imap package is broken; it should not be warning about this.

Comment 2 Robert Scheck 2004-04-06 18:37:35 UTC

So my (that means your latest build) of mutt is also broken?!

Mutt says here - if /var/spool/mail isn't 1777 - that the mailbox only 
is readonly available...

Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 2004-04-06 18:43:25 UTC

I don't see that. I am able to read, for example,
/var/spool/mail/notting in read-write mode just fine - this is with
1.4.1-6.

What does 'mutt -v' say for you?

Comment 4 Robert Scheck 2004-04-06 18:54:53 UTC

Nothing special, but the problem seems to be a (old?) %pre or %post
from a package, that changed all mailboxes to 600 instead of 660 :-(

And then it is correct, that +t for /var/spool/mail is needed *g*

Okay, you are right...notabug, only the package that set the permission
from 660 to 600 has a bug ;-)