Package: mh Version: 6.8.4-2 rcvtty looks for utmp in /etc/utmp, rather than /var/run utmp, which causes it to fail. This can be worked around by making a symbolic link, but that's an incorrect solution. It should be checking /var/run/utmp for a utmp entry.
Also, after fixing that problem, it will not work without the "-biff" option. I suspect that this indecates a mismatch between the permission bit(s) it checks, and the permission bit(s) that mesg sets, since it never attempts to notify the tty. -Larry -- Larry Daffner | Linux: Unleash the workstation in your PC! [EMAIL PROTECTED] / http://web2.airmail.net/vizzie/ The great tragedy of science, the slaying of a beautiful theory by an ugly fact. --Thomas Henry Huxley