m2cw – my 2 cents worth

i was having an annoying postfix error in my log files:

Mail[260] Unhandled response to command STATUS: * NO Mailbox vulnerable – directory /var/mail must have 1777 protection

the solution: i changed the chmod attributes to 1777! (according to the guys at pine, makers of postfix, it makes no difference! for me it does as it doesn’t fill up my logfile with entries every 5 minutes!)

fire up that terminal and type:
cd /var/
sudo chmod 1777 mail
type in your password and it should work!

update: the only problem: after a “repair permissions” you have to do it again! i guess i will have to install a cron job… stay tuned…

update: i used lingon, the software that lets you edit cron/launchd jobs! with the assistant it was easy to set up a job that must be run at a specific time (5:30 am) as root user with the command chmod 1777 /var/mail. now i only need to wait and see if it really works tonight! 😉

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