On 4 Jan 1998, Martin Bialasinski wrote:
> "John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The new drive is divided into 4 partitions. one is unused, one is mounted > > under /var, the next is mounted under /usr and the last is swap. > > > > ERR Error locking your mailbox. > > > > And the following error in my /var/log/mail.log file > > > > Jan 4 13:51:13 dragon cucipop[1346]: Error opening john's mailbox > > > > Mail in my box is not deleted after I pick it up with the result that I end > > up with multiple copies of the same message. > > > > My guess is it's something to do with permissions. > > > So what are the permissions of /usr, /var and /tmp ? ls -ld /usr /var /tmp > Also show us your /etc/fstab , please. > > Ciao, > Martin OK.. Here's fstab # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> /dev/hda1 / ext2 defaults 0 1 /dev/hdc4 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/hda2 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/hdc2 /usr ext2 defaults 0 1 /dev/hdc3 /var ext2 defaults 0 1 /dev/hdc1 /var/lib/dpkg ext2 defaults 0 1 /dev/hdb /cdrom iso9660 ro 0 1 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 Here's permissions on /var and /usr drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 1024 Jan 1 21:56 usr/ drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 1024 Nov 9 23:45 var/ Permissions on /var drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Jan 5 06:46 backups/ drwxr-xr-x 14 man root 1024 Jan 4 06:49 catman/ drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 1024 Jan 4 20:53 lib/ drwxr-sr-x 3 root staff 1024 Nov 4 07:28 local/ drwxr-xr-t 3 root root 1024 Jan 5 17:04 lock/ drwxr-sr-x 8 root adm 3072 Jan 5 16:58 log/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 12288 Jan 3 17:30 lost+found/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Nov 27 21:57 named/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 1024 Jan 5 17:06 run/ drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 1024 Jan 4 20:53 spool/ drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 1024 Jan 5 06:42 tmp/ drwxr-xr-x 4 root www-data 1024 Dec 31 13:27 www/ Permissions on spool drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Jan 10 1997 anacron/ drwxr-sr-x 2 root www-data 1024 Apr 8 1997 apache/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Aug 13 09:35 bwnfs/ drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 1024 Jan 4 20:53 cron/ drwxr-xr-x 2 www-data www-data 2048 Jan 5 06:42 dwww/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 1024 Jan 4 20:31 fax/ drwxr-xr-x 4 lp lp 1024 Nov 4 08:00 lpd/ drwxr-xr-x 2 mail mail 1024 Jan 5 17:40 mail/ drwxr-sr-x 24 news news 1024 Jan 1 23:44 news/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Aug 13 09:35 pcnfs/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Aug 13 09:35 rwho/ drwxr-sr-x 6 mail root 1024 Jan 5 06:46 smail/ drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 1024 Nov 4 08:03 texmf/ drwxr-sr-x 3 mail root 1024 Jan 4 20:53 uumaps/ Permissions on mail. -rw-r----- 1 john mail 233515 Jan 5 17:59 john -rw-r----- 1 root mail 0 Jan 3 19:44 root -rw-r----- 1 zzjboggo mail 63608 Jan 5 06:48 zzjboggo I'm using fetchmail to retrieve mail from my server and cucipop to send it to my windows machine on my local network. My local mda is smail. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .