On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 11:38:37AM -0400, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * Gérard Robin <g.rob...@free.fr> [09-10-11 09:54]: > > > > Effectively I had in my ".procmailrc" : DEFAULT=/var/spool/mail/user1 > > but perhaps user1 can't write in /var/spool/mail. > > do: ls -d /var/spool/mail > > /var/spool/mail should have rwx for everyone.
That's system- and mailer-dependent behavior. It's not relevant to the thread any longer, but there are two common schemes for this. One is for the spool directory to have permissions 1777, and let everyone write there. The other is to make the MDA SGID and make use of group permissions to write there. Arguments about as to why each is better than the other... -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02 -=-=-=-=- This message is posted from an invalid address. Replying to it will result in undeliverable mail due to spam prevention. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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