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| -rw-r--r-- | libexec/mail.local/mail.local.8 | 21 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/libexec/mail.local/mail.local.8 b/libexec/mail.local/mail.local.8 index 03c41f586dd..cf731079964 100644 --- a/libexec/mail.local/mail.local.8 +++ b/libexec/mail.local/mail.local.8 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" from: @(#)mail.local.8 6.8 (Berkeley) 4/27/91 -.\" $Id: mail.local.8,v 1.9 1997/08/27 18:01:08 deraadt Exp $ +.\" $Id: mail.local.8,v 1.10 1998/02/06 15:48:08 gene Exp $ .\" .Dd April 27, 1991 .Dt MAIL.LOCAL 8 @@ -61,8 +61,9 @@ The options are as follows: Specify the sender's name. .It Fl l For compatibility, request that +files named .Nm username.lock -files be used for locking. (This done by default anyway.) +be used for locking. (This is the default behavior.) .It Fl L Request that .Fn flock @@ -89,16 +90,16 @@ A blank line is appended to each message. A greater-than character (``>'') is prepended to any line in the message which could be mistaken for a ``From '' delimiter line. .Pp -Efforts have been made so that +Significant efforts have been made to ensure that .Nm mail.local -act as securely as possible if the spool directory modes are 1777 or 755. -The default of 755 is more secure, but prevents mail clients from using all -styles of locking. The use of 1777 is more flexible in an NFS shared-spool +acts as securely as possible if the spool directory is mode 1777 or 755. +The default of mode 755 is more secure, but it prevents mail clients from using +all styles of locking. The use of 1777 is more flexible in an NFS shared-spool environment, thus many sites use it. However it does carry some risks, such -as attackers filling it up. Some of these problems may be alleviated by -making the spool a seperate filesystem, and placing quotas on it. -The use of any mode besides 1777 and 755 for the spool directory is -recommended against, but may work properly. +as attackers filling the spool disk. Some of these problems may be alleviated +by making the spool a seperate filesystem, and placing quotas on it. +The use of any mode other than 1777 and 755 for the spool directory is +recommended against but may work properly. .Pp By default, mailbox locking is done with .Nm username.lock |