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From: gorpong@ping.chi.il.us (Gordon C. Galligher)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.mh
Subject: post(8) setuid and MH 6.7 and -fcc +obox not working
Keywords: post(8), MH 6.7
Message-ID: <1991Jan6.002942.5409@ping.chi.il.us>
Date: 6 Jan 91 00:29:42 GMT
Organization: The 23rd. Century
Lines: 54

Below is the output from post -help, but now I want to give a little history
lesson.  I tried to get MH 6.7 up on an SCO UNIX 3.2 box (3.2.0, NOT 3.2.2)
and had to use sendmail and not mmdf2 because SCO does not distribute the
header files and the library file which MH seems to require (at least in
the mh-gen listing it requires it).  OK, so I use sendmail without the
/smtp option.  I make MH, and install it.  Everything is fine.  I go to 
post the message (via comp and What now? send) and it gives me an error
	[510]: only root, daemon, and mmdf may set host information
OK.  No major deal.  It looks like post is attempting to tell sendmail that
it is a specific user.  So I make post setuid (maybe not a Real Good Idea,
but now I can use MH), and things work, almost.  If I use the Fcc: +obox
in my components file, or the -fcc +obox on the command line to comp,
repl, or forw, when post gets it, it correctly saves the file, BUT it keeps
it owned by root!  I cannot scan my +obox folder, I cannot do anything until
I chown the files back to myself.

Now, here are my questions:

	o Is making post setuid a Real Bad Idea?
	o It appears that either I have something set up incorrectly
	  (which is VERY possible!), or I cannot use MH on SCO
	o If post can be setuid, then all of you get your ESP working
	  and tell me what I did wrong!

Any, and all information, helpful hints, snickering, etc., would be greatly
appreciated!  Thank you.

		-- Gordon.

POST -HELP:
===========
syntax: post [switches] file
  switches are:
  -alias aliasfile
  -filter filterfile
  -nofilter
  -[no]format
  -[no]msgid
  -[no]verbose
  -[no]watch
  -width columns
  -(help)

version: MH 6.7 #13[UCI] (ping) of Thu Jan 3 21:28:46 CST 1991
options: [SYS5] [SYS5DIR] [DBM] [TYPESIG=void] [DUMB] [OVERHEAD] [ATZ]
         [RPATHS] [MHE] [MHRC] [DBM] [MORE='"/usr/bin/more"']
         [SBACKUP='"#"'] [MSGPROT='"0600"'] [FOLDPROT='"0700"']
         [SENDMTS] [SPRINTFTYPE=int]

-- 
Gordon C. Galligher	9127 Potter Rd. #2E	Des Plaines, IL    60016-4881
gorpong@ping.chi.il.us    gorpong%ping@uu.psi.com   ...!uu.psi.com!ping!gorpong
	"I know how it works....That's why I don't like it"
		-- Chip Salzenberg on SCO "UNIX" C2 Security Package