Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 19:22:50 -0600 From: "Ryan Thompson [FreeBSD]" <freebsd@sasknow.com> To: "Arturo Chen T." <artchen@wqn.net.pa> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: /var/mail symlink Message-ID: <3837496A.E5627E43@sasknow.com> References: <01BF2D38.546B4D40@TECH-02>
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Sounds to me like you copied using the superuser account and didn't preserve the ownerships on the mail files. man cp ..for details on copying ownerships and permissions with cp -p. Virtually yours, - Ryan "Arturo Chen T." wrote: > > Hi Im having right now this problem > > I had my users mail files on > /var/mail <SNIP> > cant open temporary file, do you own it? > > Can someone help me with this? > Arturo Chen T. > Director de Operaciones Técnicas > World Quest Networks Panamá > (507)210-1602 --------- Sounds to me like you copied using the superuser account and didn't preserve the ownerships on the individual mail files. man cp ..for details on copying ownerships and permissions with cp -p. To verify, try ls -laf. Each mail file should be owned by the user named in the filename (NOT root :-), and have permissions set to 600. (Owner read/write). Virtually yours, - Ryan -- Ryan Thompson VP Technical/Accounts ryan@sasknow.com (306) 664-1161 SaskNow Technologies http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th Street East Saskatoon, Sask S7H 0W2 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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