In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Don Brady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well I spent most of the evening trying to get qpopper to work. (The >current package). > > First it complains that it cannot write to /var/spool/pop. > > So I make var/spool/pop writeable by all (hardly seems desirable). > > Then it complains that the password is wrong. Or that the lock file is >still there. In fact everytime it leaves var/spool/pop/dbrady.pop there >and I have to delete it manually to try again - even when it claims the >problem was the password.
It sounds like qpopper is not running as root (it should). What is the exact line from /etc/inetd.conf that calls qpopper ? Mike. -- | Miquel van | I know one million ways, to always pick | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | the wrong fantasy --- the Black Crowes | | PGP fingerprint: FE 66 52 4F CD 59 A5 36 7F 39 8B 20 F1 D6 74 02 | -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
