David Thorburn-Gundlach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> % When I run mutt I find myself looking at /var/spool/mail/edmund. I
> % can't delete anything because "Mailbox is read-only". Can someone tell
> % me what I should do? Should I arrange for mail to be transferred from
> % /var/spool/mail/edmund to somewhere else? How? Does mutt do this, or
> % some other program?
>
> Although you didn't provide details on what version of mutt you're
> using, I bet that you're using a fairly recent one without having the
> little mutt_dotlock program properly installed. Back in the early
> =2E90s, the suid requirements were taken out of mutt and put into
> mutt_dotlock, which only exists to lock and unlock mailboxes in a
> directory such as you have listed (where only the mail group can
> write).
>
> If you're the SysAdmin, then have a look at mutt_dotlock ownership and
> permissions (or, for an older version like 0.88, if you just refuse to
> upgrade :-) at mutt itself).
Thanks! It's now working; mutt_dotlock was setgid, but had the wrong
owner ("edmund:users").
I probably installed it by running "make install" as myself after
having done chmod a+rwxt /usr/local/bin - a silly trick I sometimes
use, but clearly not a good one where setuid/setgid are involved.
Edmund
