RE: mbox ownership

> > 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]
> 
> 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?
> 

I found a workaround not extensively tested, but it seems to work :

########
$Folder->write();
chown(...);
$Folder->close();
########

Do you see a problem with this ?

If there is one, I'll try the fork method.