can anybody explain why the imap4 is behaving as shown below ? is it unable to
lock the inbox and if so what is the remedy ? this occurs with all users. Connected to mozart.void.hell.net. Escape character is '^]'. * OK mozart.void.hell.net IMAP4 Service 8.3(144) at Mon, 10 Mar 1997 15:52:58 +1100 (EST) (Report problems in this server to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) a001 login winspace xxxxxxxxxx a001 OK LOGIN completed a002 select inbox * NO Error creating /var/spool/mail/winspace.lock.857969608.30935.mozart: Permission denied * 331 EXISTS * OK [UIDVALIDITY 857969609] UID validity status * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft \Seen) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft \Seen)] Permanent flags * OK [UNSEEN 1] 1 is first unseen * 331 RECENT a002 OK [READ-WRITE] SELECT completed logout * NO Error creating /var/spool/mail/winspace.lock.857969626.30935.mozart: Permission denied * BYE mozart.void.hell.net IMAP4 server terminating connection OK LOGOUT completed Connection closed by foreign host. permissions on directorys and mailfile /var/spool/mail/winspace drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 1024 Jan 7 11:56 var drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 1024 Nov 6 22:10 spool drwxrwxr-x 2 mail mail 1024 Mar 10 15:52 mail -rw------- 1 winspace users 1045857 Mar 10 15:53 winspace -rw-rw---- 1 administ mail 4370 Mar 8 16:12 administ lsattr on directories ------- var ------- spool ------- mail TIA and cheers +------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | _/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/_/_/ | | _/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/ | | _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/ | | _/_/_/_/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/ | | _/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/_/_/ | | | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Software Engineering in SQL and C++ | +------------------------------------------------------------+
