Subj : squishy linux
To   : Bob Jones
From : Maurice Kinal
Date : Fri Sep 26 2003 09:34 pm

Hello Bob.

26 Sep 03 17:36, you wrote to me:

 BJ> One problem with compressing the netmail packets is that you have to
 BJ> have owner read / write / execute permission on the various directory
 BJ> locations used and be running with a consistant USER ID.  Squish
 BJ> defaults to a 700 mask on creating files.....  If you don't know what
 BJ> I'm talking about, please ask for more info.     This user ID /
 BJ> default permission issue can result in a problem like what you are
 BJ> describing if you have some processes running under a different UID
 BJ> from other processes (related to handling the mail packets), or
 BJ> different from the UID of the directories used...

Not the case in this situation.  I was logged in as bbs (owner).  The files are 
there with the proper permissions as you describe, belonging to bbs.  The zip 
thing only happens with netmail but the files are created so it seems to be 
just fine otherwise.

Maurice

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