# Fixes documentation inconsistency (bnc#174287) # This patch will be included in fetchmail-6.3.9 (but not in -rc's) --- ./fetchmail.man.orig 2008-10-09 10:56:09.000000000 +0200 +++ ./fetchmail.man 2008-10-09 10:56:47.000000000 +0200 @@ -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 | \-\-idfile @@ -1467,7 +1467,7 @@ When there is a conflict between the com 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).