On Thu, Nov 24, 2005 at 07:17:54PM +1100, the unit calling itself Ian McWilliam wrote: > > > >The culprit seems to be the "group not found" error... WTF, O?? > > > > OK, It looks like the port needs some work as it doesn't handle the > default group name. > > main.c:# define DEFAULT_GROUP_NAME "mail" > > It appears that this can be changed with a command line arg.
True, but running it wit '-g wheel' does not solve the problem. > > main.c: case 'g': group_name = optarg; break; > > It looks like the groupname is used as an argument to lock the users > mail box. << snip >> > yup, it then fchowns the lock file > > lock_maildrop.c: fchown(fd,uid,gid); > > So I would assume on other unix systems /var/mail is group mail by > default, maybe??. > > if you want to add mail to the /etc/group file This doesn't seem to work... akpop3d writes a lockfile to /var/mail, but it doesn't delete it when it finishes. I seem to be the only one interested in trying to fix this... the maintainer hasn't replied in over a week, and the other advice I've gotten has ranged from "try another package" to "you're too stupid, so I won't explain it to you". I may be stupid, but if someone will try to explain what changes are needed, I'll try to come up with a patch. At the very least, I'll test the friggin' thing so there won't be dysfunctional crap in the ports tree. Jay
