Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 21:53:19 -0700 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net> To: Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /var/mail Read only with mutt Message-ID: <20000713215318.B835@dialin-client.earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <87sntfapy5.fsf@satellite.local.lan>; from reader@newsguy.com on Wed, Jul 12, 2000 at 04:28:34PM -0700 References: <87sntfapy5.fsf@satellite.local.lan>
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On Wed, Jul 12, 2000 at 04:28:34PM -0700, Harry Putnam wrote: > > Running 4.0 snap 06/24 > > A new comer to FreeBSD, I think I may have something set wrong on my > mail spool directory. Accessing mail from /var/mail/$USER with mutt > (version mutt-1.2). I'm getting a message from mutt that the mailbox > is readonly if I use the `d' (delete) key. However looking at the > permissions with ls -l tells a different story: > > ls -l /var/mail > total 183 > total 183 > -rw------- 1 reader reader 112437 Jul 12 16:22 reader > -rw------- 1 root wheel 61616 Jul 12 03:10 root > > Does that look like the normal permissions for mailspool files? > > What other reason may cause that error from mutt? If mutt cannot write a temporary file in /tmp (or TMPDIR) for some reason. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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