Ahh, Thanks for the info...
--Jerry > On Tuesday, December 3, 2002, at 02:58 PM, Jerry LeVan wrote: > >> This morning when I tried to send some mail I was kept getting failure >> messages. >> >> Reading mail was OK. >> >> Mail log asserted localhost had refused connection. After some putzing >> around I noticed that "/" was owned by me and had all permissions >> turned on! >> >> System and System/Library seem to have suffered a similar fate. I >> started >> getting mail failures at about the same time I installed >> the"eUSBSmartmedia" >> upgrade package. >> >> I changed the owner/permissions of "/" to >> drwxr-xr-x 51 root admin 1734 Dec 3 13:56 / >> >> That seemed to get mail going again, ( I set Don't Blame Sendmail ) >> >> Could someone :) email a copy of a long directory listing of "/" and >> also >> include the owner/permissions for the /System/Library directory? > > Jerry, > > Run the Repair Privileges tool in Disk Utility instead. It's under the > First Aid tab. You can copy the log out of the display window and save > it in case you have some unique privs settings on your box. > > Phil Burk > ________________________________________________________ > Systems Support Technician Wiley > Publishing, Inc. > 10475 Crosspoint Blvd > Indianapolis, IN 46256 > 317.572.3049 phone > 317.572.1049 fax > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >