Re: [Nolug] qmail backup strategy

From: Mark A. Hershberger <mah_at_everybody.org>
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 07:16:46 -0500
Message-ID: <87d662974h.fsf@weblog.localhost>

John Hebert <johnahebert@yahoo.com> writes:

> chmod 600 (rw only by owner) /path/to/email/dirs/john

If you are using qmail, you are probably using maildir format. In
that case, don't do this as it will make the directory un-usable by
everyone.

Generally, I prefer symbolic manipulation of permissions:

    chmod -R go-rwx /path/to/email/dirs/*

Mark.

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