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diff --git a/README.BSD b/README.BSD index c265d009c..aac218e9e 100644 --- a/README.BSD +++ b/README.BSD @@ -4,19 +4,29 @@ Copyright (C) 1998 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. BSD ISSUES -Vivek Khera writes that BSD does nightly security scans for setuid -file changes. Setgid directories also come up on the scan when they -change. He says that setgid bit is not necessary on BSD systems -because group ownership is automatically inherited on files created in -directories. On other Un*xes, this only happens when the directory -has the setgid bit turned on. +1. Vivek Khera writes that BSD does nightly security scans for setuid + file changes. Setgid directories also come up on the scan when + they change. He says that setgid bit is not necessary on BSD + systems because group ownership is automatically inherited on files + created in directories. On other Un*xes, this only happens when + the directory has the setgid bit turned on. -To install without turning on the setgid bit on directories, simply -pass in the DIRSETGID variable to make, like so: + To install without turning on the setgid bit on directories, simply + pass in the DIRSETGID variable to make, like so: - % make DIRSETGID=: install + % make DIRSETGID=: install + + This turns off the chmod g+s on each directory as they are + installed. + +2. There is a known problem with the posixfile.py module in all + versions of Python before 1.5.2 final (the problem was /not/ fixed + in Python 1.5.2b2). This will cause errors in Mailman's locking + routines. See this message from the mailman-developers archive + which explains things in greater detail. Guido provides a patch. + + http://www.python.org/pipermail/mailman-developers/1999-March/001008.html -This turns off the chmod g+s on each directory as they are installed. Local Variables: |