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Diffstat (limited to 'fetchmail.man')
| -rw-r--r-- | fetchmail.man | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index 1665bcc4..20b413d2 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ Specify a non-default name for the run control file. The pathname argument must be either "-" (a single dash, meaning to read the configuration from standard input) or a filename. Unless the \-\-version option is also on, a named file -argument must have permissions no more open than 0600 (u=rw,g=,o=) or +argument must have permissions no more open than 0700 (u=rwx,g=,o=) or else be /dev/null. .TP .B \-i <pathname> | \-\-idfile <pathname> @@ -1467,7 +1467,7 @@ When there is a conflict between the command-line arguments and the arguments in this file, the command-line arguments take precedence. .PP To protect the security of your passwords, -your \fI~/.fetchmailrc\fR may not normally have more than 0600 (u=rw,g=,o=) permissions; +your \fI~/.fetchmailrc\fR may not normally have more than 0700 (u=rwx,g=,o=) permissions; .I fetchmail will complain and exit otherwise (this check is suppressed when \-\-version is on). |