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Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 14:50:13 +1000 (EST)
From: Colin Campbell <sgcccdc@citec.qld.gov.au>
To: Angelo <mrdida@gmx.net>
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Subject: Re: correct permission to /var/mail
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Hi

On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Angelo wrote:

> At 13:33 9/1/2002 +1000, Colin Campbell wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >It's not the permissions on /var/mail itself that's the problem is it? How
> >does the pop server lock the mailbox. I know/think some create a file and
> >if /var/mail isn't writabel, that's going to fail. Try using ktrace on the
> >pop daemon/inetd or whatever launches it. That should show you what's
> >failing.
> >
> >Colin
>
> Hi Colin
>
> Thanks for sugestion of ktrace

> I think,  an error ocurs when it tries to open a
> /var/spool/cucipop/bulletins ??  Im not sure what is this

It certainly does get an error: it's a directory that doesn't exist. I
have no idea what it's for though. You probably need "-i" on the ktrace to
follow the forked processes. You will also need to locate the section of
the dump where the error message about failure to lock is occurring.

Colin


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