This seems to be issue of install script. You should be able to avoid it by modifying post/pre install script.
You seem to use sendmail. Then file a bug to sendmail if this is their fault. I think what they do is reasonable since script does not know who should be the owner. I am curious why this mis-owned MBOX created to start with. FYI: Debian default MTA is exim. On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 12:26:43PM +0200, Davi Leal wrote: > Debian GNU/Linux 2.2r3 > Mailbox (/var/spool/mail/user) has to be owned by the user who is > recipient and group mail, otherwise the old, "mis-owned," mailbox gets > renamed "BOGUS.blah," and a new mailbox with proper ownership gets > created. > > But what is happening?. The new mailbox has root.mail owner. I execute > "chmod user.mail user" and without raising any error message the > result follow being the same "root.mail". Is there any known > 'workaround' to solve it?. > > > /var/log/syslog > > Oct 19 16:50:34 excalibur procmail[3915]: Renamed bogus > "/var/spool/mail/david.leal" into > "/var/spool/mail/BOGUS.david.leal.1iGD" Oct 19 16:50:34 excalibur > sendmail[3914]: QAA03913: to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > ctladdr=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (65535/101), delay=00:00:16, > xdelay=00:00:16, mailer=local, stat=Sent -- ~\^o^/~~~ ~\^.^/~~~ ~\^*^/~~~ ~\^_^/~~~ ~\^+^/~~~ ~\^:^/~~~ ~\^v^/~~~ + Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GnuPG-key: 1024D/D5DE453D + + My debian quick-reference, http://www.aokiconsulting.com/quick/ +
