>>>>> "mn" == Matt Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
mn> a user on my system just reported a problem using mail(1) to delete
mn> some at(1) logfiles. i use pine instead of mail(1), so i hadn't seen
mn> the problem before. below is a sample of the problem:
mn> man:mnelson> mail
mn> Mail version 8.1 6/6/93. Type ? for help.
mn> "/var/spool/mail/mnelson": 1 message 1 new
>> N 1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Jun 23 08:50 13/373 "test"
mn> & d
mn> & q
mn> Unable to lock mailbox: Permission denied
mn> man:mnelson>
mn> this happens on RedHat 5.1/Intel and 5.0/Alpha (both fully updated). pine
mn> doesn't have any problems deleting messages.
mn> after a few minutes of poking around, i couldn't find the cause of the
mn> problem, hence this message.
mn> any ideas?
Yes, I suggest you subscribe to the announce-list at redhat, however:
Various problems have been found in metamail, elm, and mailx. Thanks to
the Linux Security Auditing Team for finding these problems.
Red Hat 5.0 and 5.1
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i386:
rpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.redhat.com/updates/5.1/i386/metamail-2.7-16.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.redhat.com/updates/5.1/i386/elm-2.4.25-14.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.redhat.com/updates/5.1/i386/mailx-8.1.1-2.i386.rpm
alpha:
rpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.redhat.com/updates/5.1/alpha/metamail-2.7-16.alpha.rpm
rpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.redhat.com/updates/5.1/alpha/elm-2.4.25-14.alpha.rpm
rpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.redhat.com/updates/5.1/alpha/mailx-8.1.1-2.alpha.rpm
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