>Number:         3886
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       mail(1) is inconsistent
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Jul 18 06:50:00 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Peter Seebach
>Organization:
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>Release:        -current?
>Environment:
System: NetBSD taniemarie 1.2G NetBSD 1.2G (SEEBS) #0: Sun Jun 15 01:05:10 CDT 1997 seebs@taniemarie:/usr/src/sys/arch/amiga/compile/SEEBS amiga


>Description:
	If mail(1) is run in a su'd shell, it reads the original user's
	mailbox, using root's .mailrc and saving to root's mbox.  This
	is inconsistent; it should either be the real user or root.

>How-To-Repeat:
	su
	mail

>Fix:
	MHO, make mail(1) use getuid() to figure out who it is, probably,
	unless this is my fault.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: