H.S.([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > Hi, > > I recently installed Debian Etch on my computer. After the installation, > I noticed that email (local) was not working at all. I had these in my > /var/mail > $> ls -l /var/mail > total 0 > ---------- 1 root mail 0 2006-06-05 14:25 Debian-exim > ---------- 1 root mail 0 2006-06-05 14:29 gdm > ---------- 1 root mail 0 2006-06-05 14:26 hal > ---------- 1 root mail 0 2006-06-05 14:25 identd > ---------- 1 root mail 0 2006-06-05 14:25 messagebus > ---------- 1 root mail 0 2006-06-05 14:31 user1 > ---------- 1 root mail 0 2006-06-05 16:32 sshd > ---------- 1 root mail 0 2006-06-05 14:25 statd > > I had to manually change the permissions of user1 to -rw-rw---- to get > mail working. So far so good. > > However, what are the other mail files for in the above directory? And > why were the permissions set in such a weird way? Anybody familiar with > this kind of setup? > > I have: > $> dpkg -l *exim* | grep ^i > ii exim4 4.62-1 metapackage to ease exim MTA > (v4) installation > ii exim4-base 4.62-1 support files for all exim > MTA (v4) packages > ii exim4-config 4.62-1 configuration for the exim > MTA (v4) > ii exim4-daemon-light 4.62-1 lightweight exim MTA (v4) > daemon
Don't know about those wierd files. This is all I have in /var/mail. As you can see, this box goes back a few years. > ls -l /var/mail -rw-rw---- 1 boss mail 20K 2006-06-10 18:19 boss -rw-rw---- 1 linda mail 2.2K 2005-02-15 16:52 linda -rw------- 1 mail mail 2.2K 2004-10-04 15:25 mail -rw------- 1 root mail 0 2004-10-09 11:58 root -rw-rw---- 1 wtopa mail 0 2004-10-06 08:30 wtopa :-) HTH, YMMV, HAND :-) Wayne -- Real Users find the one combination of bizarre input values that shuts down the system for days. _______________________________________________________ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
