Bob,
Ok all the home directories are 700 bout what does the permissions on
the /home read?
Sean
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Hobbs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 11:15 AM
Subject: Install problem: local mail undelivered with "unable to switch
to<homedir>" error
> Hi,
>
> I've probably missed something embarassingly obvious, but please be
patient
> as I've never used Qmail before. Anyway, here is my tale:
>
> I've just installed qmail 1.03 on a new linuxppc box (essentially RH linux
> on mac hardware). I've set up locals, rcpthosts and me; and I've created
> some users and set them up for mail with qmail-pw2u and qmail-newu.
>
> The problem: Whenever I send mail to a user on the system (via manual
> SMTP), it is queued but never delivered. For each delivery attempt, the
log
> shows:
>
> ...deferral:Unable_to_switch_to_/home/bob:_access_denied._(#4.3.0)/
>
> All the home directories have permissions 700 (drwx------). However, even
> if I give full permissions on the directory and mailbox, the problem does
> not go away.
>
> It also makes no difference whether I put a .qmail file in a user's home
> dir.
>
> Delivery to ~alias/Mailbox works fine, but that is the only location to
> which mail is delivered.
>
> If anyone can help with this, it would be much appreciated. If so, please
> cc the response to me, as I am not subscribed to this list.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Bob Hobbs
>
>
