Mail directory and file permission

[AyoungK]

Hello,

I would like to know what permission should be on /var/mail directory and /var/mail/usermail file. I need to know fo my system's security.

Thank you.

[Rick Garland · Accepted solution]

/var/mail 775 bin:mail
/var/mail/$USER 660 $USER:mail

[Patrick Wallek]

Permissions should be:

# ll /var/mail
drwxrwxr-x 2 bin mail 8192 Oct 11 10:42 mail/
# ll /var/mail/someuser
-rw-rw---- 1 someuser mail 51171 Oct 9 21:20 /var/mail/someuser

[AyoungK]

Is there an official documentation on a web?

[Steven E. Protter]

http://www.sendmail.org has the documentation you seek.

SEP

[AyoungK]

Thanks everyone!