THANKS!!! that fixed it
At 11:27 AM 05/11/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 09:16:42AM -0600,
>Dave Price <davep@???> is thought to have said:
>
> > I did a chmod 1777 * on /var/mail/* ... no change .... the 't' bit is set
> > now ... is that the sticky bit?
>
>You misread. It's /var/mail itself that needs to be 1777 (t is the
>stickybit)
>
>Your mailboxes underneath should be mode 600, owned by each user.
>
>Tabor
>
> >
> >
> > At 10:57 AM 05/11/2001 -0400, you wrote:
> > >On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 08:35:45AM -0600,
> > >Dave Price <davep@???> is thought to have said:
> > >
> > > > All of my users are experiencing lockouts ....
> > > >
> > > > the client reports:
> > > > ERR cannot lock '/var/mail/$username'
> > > >
> > > > log file says:
> > > >
> > > > Permisssion denied: creating lock file hitching post
> /var/spool/mail/.....
> > > >
> > > > what causes this and how can i fix it?
> > >
> > >Read the FAQ. Q0201
> > >
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> > >Tabor J. Wells twells@???
> > >Fsck It! Just another victim of the ambient morality
> > >
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>Tabor J. Wells twells@???
>Fsck It! Just another victim of the ambient morality
