Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!spool.mu.edu!agate!eris.berkeley.edu!wisner From: wisner@mica.Berkeley.EDU (Bill Wisner) Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail Subject: Re: Problems with sendmail-5.65c+IDA 1.4.4 Message-ID: <1991Jun30.192430.6193@agate.berkeley.edu> Date: 30 Jun 91 19:24:30 GMT References: <1991Jun30.083151.16887@ircam.fr> Sender: usenet@agate.berkeley.edu (USENET Administrator) Organization: Amnesia International Lines: 8 Originator: wisner@eris.berkeley.edu >3. newaliases is executable by *any* user, no matter what the permissions on > the aliases and aliases.{dir,pag} files are. Why is this a problem? If users can't edit the aliases file, they can't do any damage with newaliases -- just make sure the database is up-to-date. Bill Wisner Gryphon Gang Saratoga CA 95070