Re: Trouble with /var/spool/mail/????

[shaul]

> What are the appropriate permisions for /var/spool/mail/user?

$ ls /var -ld
drwxr-xr-x  12 root root 1024 Feb 12 20:08 /var
$ ls /var/spool/ -ld
drwxr-xr-x  12 root root 1024 Feb  8 06:31 /var/spool/
$ ls /var/spool/mail -ld
drwxrwsr-x   2 root mail 1024 Mar 18 00:26 /var/spool/mail
$ ls /var/spool/mail/shaul -l 
-rw-rw   1 shaulmail0 Mar 18 00:26 /var/spool/mail/shaul



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Re: Trouble with /var/spool/mail/????

[Miquel van Smoorenburg]

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Paul Rightley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>This morning, I cannot get xfmail to open
>/var/spool/mail/user saying that it cannot lock the file.
>I figure the problem results from the movement of /var.

Make sure /var/spool/mail has the following permissions:

$ ll -d /var/spool/mail 
drwxrwsr-t   2 root mail 1024 Mar 17 18:15 /var/spool/mail/

Mike.
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