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Date:      Sun, 22 Sep 1996 19:05:55 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Philip Webb <philw@glas.apc.org>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: uucp and mail not queuing
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.960922190504.298L-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <m0v4nGS-000UZJN@glas.apc.org>

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On Sun, 22 Sep 1996, Philip Webb wrote:

> I've just installed freeBSD and am trying to set up uucp for mail.
> It appears my system is not queuing the mail jobs properly, as
> sending test messages by--  mail -v "to-address" yields the error:
> "to-address"... Connecting to "nodename" (uucp-b)...
> batchmail: Cannot write tempfile

I'm not knowledgeable in the ways and means of uucp but this would look
like a permissions problem.  Make sure the temporary directory (/tmp??)
has the proper permissions for your uucp process to put files in it.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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