On Thu, Sep 09, 1999 at 12:52:22PM -0400, Dave Sill wrote:
> Ron Rosson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I am using qmail 1.03 and think I have it working properly. <Here it Comes>
> >But I am having a problem getting my procmail filters to work right. ...
> >
> >I have a .forward file for my procmail filters <spam>
> >
> > "|/usr/local/bin/procmail .jfrc"
> >
> >Here is the error I am getting im my procmail log:
> >
> > procmail: Lock failure on "/var/mail/insane.lock"
>
> Don't know if it'll fix that error, but procmail needs to be run from
> preline, e.g.:
>
> "|/var/qmail/bin/preline /usr/local/bin/procmail .jfrc"
>
> -Dave
>
His procmail probably doesn't have permission to wrote to /var/mail
Ron, did you use make install-suid when you installed procmail? Or did the
permissions on /var/mail get changed somehow?
--Adam
