On Friday 23 April 2004 06:40, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > Am Fr, den 23.04.2004 schrieb Brian Edginton um 13:31: > > > Why does the SystemLogger keep telling me /var/spool/mail folder has to > > > have access 777? > > > > Sorry, I came into this converstation a bit late. > > > > I believe that you are actually being told to chmod the directory to > > 1777. This sets the sticky bit on the directory. > > > > I know that courier (an MTA) wants the mail spool set this way, I'm not > > sure about any other MTA's. It actually makes sense. > > > > edge > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > And again: > > That is no default Fedora Core 1 behaviour, to state the need for > /var/spool/mail having chmod 1777! Those permissions set was never > necessary even on previous Redhat releases. Again: there must be > something incorrect causing such an error message. > > Alexander That is the impression that I have as well. I check all my systems (2 FC1 and 2 RH7.3) and they all have the same permissions, but both my FC1 systems are giving me the message? In the System Logger (/var/log/maillog), the error is listed as coming from the ipop3d. That is why I suspect the problem to be coming from there. Unfortunately that is as far as my knowledge will take me at this time. So I turn to great people like you for help. And thank you again for all the efforts you've made to support me.
