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| author | gshapiro <gshapiro@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-05-24 15:50:34 +0000 |
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| committer | gshapiro <gshapiro@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-05-24 15:50:34 +0000 |
| commit | 61c41bc60dd7ffc6c7cf2be27034b2b76261aca7 (patch) | |
| tree | 6f608ba18b3e118c7794611c2162d57a588baaa3 | |
| parent | 5d0d03b327112d105d012708b2df2df23d38b959 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-61c41bc60dd7ffc6c7cf2be27034b2b76261aca7.zip FreeBSD-src-61c41bc60dd7ffc6c7cf2be27034b2b76261aca7.tar.gz | |
Add release notes for the changed file permissions on sendmail alias
and map databases as well as the statistics file.
MFC after: 1 day
pending RE approval
| -rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml | 13 |
2 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml index 35f65cc..040acff 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -3550,6 +3550,19 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> <programlisting>sendmail_enable="YES"</programlisting> + <para>The permissions for <application>sendmail</application> + alias and map databases built via + <filename>/etc/mail/Makefile</filename> now default to mode + 0640 to protect against a file locking local denial of service. + It can be changed by setting the new + <varname>SENDMAIL_MAP_PERMS</varname> + <filename>make.conf</filename> option. &merged;</para> + + <para>The permissions for the <application>sendmail</application> + statistics file, <filename>/var/log/sendmail.st</filename>, have + been changed from mode 0644 to mode 0640 to protect against + a file locking local denial of service. &merged;</para> + </sect4> </sect3> diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml index 35f65cc..040acff 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml @@ -3550,6 +3550,19 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> <programlisting>sendmail_enable="YES"</programlisting> + <para>The permissions for <application>sendmail</application> + alias and map databases built via + <filename>/etc/mail/Makefile</filename> now default to mode + 0640 to protect against a file locking local denial of service. + It can be changed by setting the new + <varname>SENDMAIL_MAP_PERMS</varname> + <filename>make.conf</filename> option. &merged;</para> + + <para>The permissions for the <application>sendmail</application> + statistics file, <filename>/var/log/sendmail.st</filename>, have + been changed from mode 0644 to mode 0640 to protect against + a file locking local denial of service. &merged;</para> + </sect4> </sect3> |
