Mail boxes (UNIX)

Module: System Mail

This check looks at the mail boxes in the system mail directory to ensure that a user account exists for each mail box in the system and each mail box is owned by the appropriate user. Use the Users and Groups name lists to exclude or include users for this check.

The following table lists the error messages for the check.

Table: Error messages for Mail boxes

Message String ID and Category	Platform and Message Numeric ID	Message Title and Description	Additional Information
String ID: STKU_MAILNOTMATCHED Category: System Information	UNIX (6034)	Title: Mail box is not matched by a user account Description:The listed mail boxes do not have corresponding user accounts on the system. Mail boxes that do not have corresponding user accounts are inconsistencies in your system. You should remove these mail boxes.	Severity: green-0 Correctable: false Snapshot Updatable: false Template Updatable: false Information Field Format: [%s]
String ID: STKU_MAILOWNERDIFF Category: System Information	UNIX (6035)	Title: Mail box is owned by another user Description:The listed mail boxes are owned by other users. This is a security problem because unauthorized users can read or write to these mail boxes and authorized users do not have access to their own mail. You should change the ownership of these mail boxes to the correct users.	Severity: yellow-1 Correctable: true Snapshot Updatable: false Template Updatable: false Information Field Format: [%s]
String ID: STKU_MAILBOXMODE Category: System Information	UNIX (6036)	Title: Mail box grants read/write permissions Description:The listed mail boxes grant read or write permissions to either group or others. This is a security problem because users other than the owners can read or write to these mail boxes. You should change the permissions on these mail boxes so only the owners have read and write permissions.	Severity: yellow-1 Correctable: true Snapshot Updatable: false Template Updatable: false Information Field Format: [%s]

Message String ID and Category

Platform and Message Numeric ID

Message Title and Description

Additional Information

String ID: STKU_MAILNOTMATCHED

Category: System Information

UNIX (6034)

Title: Mail box is not matched by a user account

Description:The listed mail boxes do not have corresponding user accounts on the system. Mail boxes that do not have corresponding user accounts are inconsistencies in your system. You should remove these mail boxes.

Severity: green-0

Correctable: false

Snapshot Updatable: false

Template Updatable: false

Information Field Format: [%s]

String ID: STKU_MAILOWNERDIFF

Category: System Information

UNIX (6035)

Title: Mail box is owned by another user

Description:The listed mail boxes are owned by other users. This is a security problem because unauthorized users can read or write to these mail boxes and authorized users do not have access to their own mail. You should change the ownership of these mail boxes to the correct users.

Severity: yellow-1

Correctable: true

Snapshot Updatable: false

Template Updatable: false

Information Field Format: [%s]

String ID: STKU_MAILBOXMODE

Category: System Information

UNIX (6036)

Title: Mail box grants read/write permissions

Description:The listed mail boxes grant read or write permissions to either group or others. This is a security problem because users other than the owners can read or write to these mail boxes. You should change the permissions on these mail boxes so only the owners have read and write permissions.

Severity: yellow-1

Correctable: true

Snapshot Updatable: false

Template Updatable: false

Information Field Format: [%s]