Public bug reported:
When running getmail the following error-message occurs:
Copyright (C) 1998-2005 Charles Cazabon. Licensed under the GNU GPL version 2.
SimplePOP3Retriever:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:110:
getmailrc: operation error (POP error (-ERR [SYS/TEMP] Failed to create
/var/mail/.*****.pop with uid 805, gid 12. Change permissions.))
0 messages retrieved, 0 skipped
I actually thought the permissions weren't set right so I checked, but
that didn't help. I even tried running it as root (!!!). getmail
actuallay has a protection and won't run as root, but the error-msg is
produced before the check.
Later on I found out that there is neither a gid 12 nor a uid 805 on a
newly installed ubuntu. So where do these ids come from? I think this
should definitely changed to work out of the box.
** Affects: getmail4 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Untriaged
Status: Unconfirmed
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getmail uses wrong gid/uid
https://launchpad.net/bugs/57807
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