On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 04:35:07PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > This bug seems to be related to /var/mail permissions btw: > > open("/var/mail/24513.0.seamus", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT, 0644) = -1 EACCES > > Normal users cannot write to /var/mail on Debian. Maildrop should > try to create the lockfile somewhere under $HOME anyway.
% ls -l =maildrop =lockmail.maildrop -rwxr-sr-x 1 root mail 10368 2004-08-20 00:40 /usr/bin/lockmail.maildrop -rwxr-sr-x 1 root mail 157384 2004-08-20 00:40 /usr/bin/maildrop Why your maildrop and/or lockmail aren't setgid mail - I have absolutely no idea. Please investigate. -- 2. That which causes joy or happiness. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]