Re: mbox ownership

* andre deblire ([email protected]) [040406 13:25]:
> As root, I process several unix mbox files which belong to non-root
> users.

Isn't it saver to process the mailbox of a user with the permissions of
that user?  That way, to also avoid the ownership problem.

  foreach my $user (@users)
  {   unless(my $kid = fork)
      {   $> = getpwnam $user;
          # process user's mailbox
          exit 0;
      }

      waitpid $kid;
  }

[untested]

> How can I force MailBox to preserve the correct ownership of the boxes ?

Not on the moment.

> I read an answer from Mark stating that a call to chown could restore
> the correct ownership.

There is a good case for restoring the owner and permissions on the
moment that the mailbox replacement is accepted.  However: how do we
get this to work for all unix/linux versions AND windows?

> Yes. But AFAIK, this call is only possible AFTER the $folder->close(),
> which unlocks the box, giving to a waiting sendmail process the
> opportunity to throw away the "BOGUS mbox". 

True
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               MarkOv

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