Bug 2290 - procmail no longer reads group-writable .procmailrc's
Summary: procmail no longer reads group-writable .procmailrc's
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 2242
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: procmail
Version: 5.2
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Lawrence
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: 2291 (view as bug list)
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 1999-04-20 20:01 UTC by Jim Knoble
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 1999-06-07 23:32:12 UTC
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Description Jim Knoble 1999-04-20 20:01:25 UTC 
According to procmail's HISTORY file, procmail-3.12
introduced a new behavior with respect to group-writable
.procmailrc files and .procmailrc files located in
group-writable directories.  Specifically, procmail ignores
such a .procmailrc unless GROUP_PER_USER has been defined in
config.h at compile-time.

The most recent procmail update packages (3.13.1) do not
have GROUP_PER_USER defined and fail to function properly on
Red Hat Linux systems.
Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 1999-04-21 15:34:59 UTC 
*** Bug 2291 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

According to procmail's HISTORY file, procmail-3.12
introduced a new behavior with respect to group-writable
.procmailrc files and .procmailrc files located in
group-writable directories.  Specifically, procmail ignores
such a .procmailrc unless GROUP_PER_USER has been defined in
config.h at compile-time.

The most recent procmail update packages (3.13.1) do not
have GROUP_PER_USER defined and fail to function properly on
Red Hat Linux systems.
Comment 2 Jeff Johnson 1999-06-07 23:32:59 UTC 
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 2242 ***
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