Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 11:50:25 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry <jerryr@ComCAT.COM> To: Don Read <sysop@calcasieu.com> Cc: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: inbox READ ONLY/not sending Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.02A.9811261149420.28524-100000@uw> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19981125200533.007c73e0@mail>
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I get: # ls -l /usr/bin/mail* /usr/sbin/sendmail -r-xr-xr-x 2 bin bin 69632 Oct 21 1997 /usr/bin/mail lrwxrwxrwx 1 root bin 18 Nov 24 14:31 /usr/bin/mailq -> /usr/sbin/sendmail -r-sr-xr-x 1 root kmem 328053 Nov 24 14:31 /usr/sbin/sendmail > back on 12:52 PM 11/26/98 +1300, you said: > >On Wed, 25 Nov 1998, Jerry wrote: > > > >> > > >> > pine needs to have write permission on /var/mail. /var/mail should > >> > have gid=mail, so pine needs to be install setgid=mail as well. > >> > >> This makes sense the pine needs write permission but where is this done > >> at?? > > > >To do this: > > chown bin:mail /usr/local/bin/pine > > chmod g+s /usr/local/bin/pine > > > > But pine should have rw permissions under the users login, something more > is happening here. > try > ls -l /usr/bin/mail* /usr/sbin/sendmail > > I get: > fir.dread:$ ls -l /usr/bin/mail* /usr/sbin/sendmail > -r-xr-xr-x 2 bin bin 69632 Nov 24 1996 /usr/bin/mail > -r-sr-xr-x 5 root kmem 294912 May 12 1998 /usr/bin/mailq > -r-sr-xr-x 5 root kmem 294912 May 12 1998 /usr/sbin/sendmail > fir.dread:$ > > Regards, > -- > Don Read sysop@calcasieu.com > EDP Manager dread@texas.net > Calcasieu Lumber Co. Austin TX > - Ya jes' mash that button, rite jher > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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