On Thu, 6 Nov 1997, Brandon Mitchell wrote: > On Thu, 6 Nov 1997, Johann Spies wrote: > > > I do not know what caused it and how to rectify it. When I run pine > > (which normally did not give any problems) suddenly this afternoon there > > was a message > > > > Can't open mailbox lock: Access readonly. > > Can you verify the permissions on /tmp are: > drwxrwxrwt 3 root root 1024 Nov 6 12:21 .
Thank you Brandon. That was the problem. Something that I have done (I was for most of the day busy experimenting with dump and restore) must have changed /tmp's permissions. I corrected it and now it is back to normal. Johann. ------------------------------------------------ Johann Spies [EMAIL PROTECTED] Windsorlaan 19 Pietermaritzburg 3201 Suid Afrika (South Africa) Tel/Faks Nr. +27 331-46-1310 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
