I just changed the mode of /tmp from drwxrwxr-x to drwxrwxrwx, and it is working now. The /var/spoll/mail has drwxrwxr-x I am surprised that the default setting of fc1 on /tmp is wrong. I created the partition /tmp during the installation, and never changed it after then. Thanks a lot! Hongwei > Am Do, den 24.06.2004 schrieb Hongwei Li um 19:47: > >> We have a fc1 on a new dell pc, 3GHz, 1GB ram. Suddenly, in a few >> minutes >> ago, people cannot access email from any pop3 mail tools: outlook, >> squirrelmail, etc. Only pine can work, but also shows warning: >> >> Can't lock for write: /tmp must have 1777 protection >> >> then, it shows: Folder vulnerable: directory /var/spool/mail must have >> 1777 protection. > > It's a locking problem. Do you have concurrent POP3 connections? You use > the uw-imapd, right? > >> I did not change anything after fc1 is installed a few weeks ago. >> Should >> I change the permission of /tmp and /var/spool/mail? How to do it? Any >> other things I must do? > > Check that you did not accidentally change the /tmp folder permissions. > They must look this way: > > $ ls -ld /tmp/ > drwxrwxrwt 20 root root 8232 24. Jun 19:51 /tmp/ > > And the mail spool directory this: > > $ ls -ld /var/spool/mail/ > drwxrwxr-x 3 root mail 4096 24. Jun 18:24 /var/spool/mail/ > >> Hongwei Li > > Alexander > > > -- > Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG key 1024D/ED695653 1999-07-13 > Fedora GNU/Linux Core 2 (Tettnang) on Athlon CPU kernel 2.6.6-1.435 > Serendipity 19:56:44 up 1 day, 18:34, load average: 0.40, 0.52, 0.42 > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
