Re: read only /var/spool/mail/(user)

1999-11-03 Thread Rejo Zenger
++ 27/10/99 15:08 +0100 - [EMAIL PROTECTED]: >drwxrwsr-x 2 root mail 1024 Oct 23 12:16 mail >-rw-rw 1 paul mail 422603 Oct 23 12:16 /var/spool/mail/paul -^^-- Eeeuh... i'm not sure, but those persissions don't look that good at all. Now any us

Re: read only /var/spool/mail/(user)

1999-10-27 Thread paul
On Thu, Oct 28, 1999 at 12:38:06AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Perhaps the new version of Mutt does not have read_only unset? > This might need to go into your .muttrc: unset read_only > > TomG Doesn`t make any difference I`m afraid, looks like I`m going to have to change /usr/bin/mutt to

Re: read only /var/spool/mail/(user)

1999-10-27 Thread tomg
Perhaps the new version of Mutt does not have read_only unset? This might need to go into your .muttrc: unset read_only TomG >I couldn`t see anything about this in the archives so it`s probably >blindingly obvious but here goes. > > I had a fairly servicable exim/fetchmail/mutt system (although

Re: read only /var/spool/mail/(user)

1999-10-27 Thread Thomas Roessler
On 1999-10-27 15:08:40 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > All I had to do was add myself to the group"mail" and it seems to > work fine. DOH! Don't do that. Rather, you should check whether /usr/local/bin/mutt_dotlock is setgid mail. -- http://www.guug.de/~roessler/

Re: read only /var/spool/mail/(user)

1999-10-27 Thread Mikko Hänninen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Wed, 27 Oct 1999: > drwxrwsr-x 2 root mail 1024 Oct 23 12:16 mail > -rw-rw 1 paul mail 422603 Oct 23 12:16 /var/spool/mail/paul These seem to be OK, as they should be (on most systems, anyway). > All I had to do was add

Re: read only /var/spool/mail/(user)

1999-10-27 Thread paul
Thanks for the help Mikko.Permissions were as follows; drwxrwsr-x 2 root mail 1024 Oct 23 12:16 mail -rw-rw 1 paul mail 422603 Oct 23 12:16 /var/spool/mail/paul All I had to do was add myself to the group"mail" and it seems to work fine. DOH! (Now to try and get it

Re: read only /var/spool/mail/(user)

1999-10-27 Thread Mikko Hänninen
Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Wed, 27 Oct 1999: > Now however not only can I still not view Japanese characters but also > my mailbox - var/spool/mail/paul has become read only so I cannot delete > or move read messages. > Please can anybody point me in the right direction? It's probably a p

read only /var/spool/mail/(user)

1999-10-27 Thread Paul
I couldn`t see anything about this in the archives so it`s probably blindingly obvious but here goes. I had a fairly servicable exim/fetchmail/mutt system (although mailcap has as yet escaped me) until 3days ago when I decided to try and enable Japanese support. I replaced standard mutt (from a

Re: read only /var/spool/mail/(user)

1999-01-02 Thread Mikko Hänninen
Rejo Zenger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Thu, 04 Nov 1999: > >-rw-rw 1 paul mail 422603 Oct 23 12:16 /var/spool/mail/paul > -^^-- > > Eeeuh... i'm not sure, but those persissions don't look that good at > all. Now any user in the group mail could read and w