Hi all, I could solve the problem. The group for the mail directory was root, and I changed to to mail. It solved my problem.
Sorry for the trouble Deb --- Debian GNU <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > In my new debian potato installation, I created a > seperate partetion for mail and mounted it in > /var/spool/mail. Mails are getting properly > delivered. > If I am using 'mail' command to read mails, I am > getting the following error : > > mail: Cannot create lock file > /var/spool/mail/xxxx.lock. Error creating temporary > lock file > > But with mutt I am not getting any error. I > installed > Qpopper, but it also give error > > ERR: maillock: cannot lock '/var/spool/mail/xxxx' :1 > > I suspect this is some permission problem, but dont > know what exactly is. How can I correct this ? > > Tnx in advance, > > Rds, > > Deb > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. > http://personals.yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com