Hi!
On Thu, Sep 30, 1999 at 10:35:57AM -0400, Michael P. Soulier wrote:
> Hey guys. I just installed Mandrake 6.0, and things seem to be a little
> different. Mutt, or any other mail program for that matter, doesn't have
> permission to write to /var/spool/mail/<userid> like in RedHat 5.1. Mutt
> originally was group mail, with the group SUID bit set. I tried the same thing
> with the version of mutt that comes with Mandrake, mutt-0.95.5us-2mdk, and mutt
> complained that it doesn't want to run with priviledges.
Since several versions mutt has a separate executable called
"mutt_dotlock" for the task requiring permission, which is dotlocking
the mailbox.
Please complain to the packager of the rpm file if his/her setup
is not correct. Reading Changelog is always a good idea, anyway.
Gero
