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Date:      Sat, 2 Feb 2002 15:22:00 +0200
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To:        Lord Raiden <raiden23@netzero.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Uh, spoke too soon.  Same pine error.
Message-ID:  <20020202132200.GA70646@hades.hell.gr>
In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.20020202011114.0097e180@pop.netzero.net>
References:  <4.2.0.58.20020202011114.0097e180@pop.netzero.net>

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On 2002-02-02 01:13, Lord Raiden wrote:
> 	Ok, the chmod fixed the first issue, but now nobody can get their 
> mail.  Even when mail hits the server they get the error that no mail 
> exists.  So I undid the first fix, and we're back to the first 
> error.  "[Mailbox vulnerable - directory /var/mail must have 1777 
> protection]"

What do the following commands print?

	# ls -ld /var/mail
	# ls -ld "/var/mail/$USER"

You probably messed up with the permissions and owner of /var/mail and
the files in it.

- Giorgos


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