-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 H.S. wrote: > > 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.
Did you add yourself to the mail group? - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEi3C6S9HxQb37XmcRAnKZAKCcnDsSZkhOcF/Ss59urmz98EwYJwCg3sGx gkFt9XATx3MqscUVqUho5VE= =x6w7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]