a user on my system just reported a problem using mail(1) to delete
some at(1) logfiles. i use pine instead of mail(1), so i hadn't seen
the problem before. below is a sample of the problem:
man:mnelson> mail
Mail version 8.1 6/6/93. Type ? for help.
"/var/spool/mail/mnelson": 1 message 1 new
>N 1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Jun 23 08:50 13/373 "test"
& d
& q
Unable to lock mailbox: Permission denied
man:mnelson>
this happens on RedHat 5.1/Intel and 5.0/Alpha (both fully updated). pine
doesn't have any problems deleting messages.
after a few minutes of poking around, i couldn't find the cause of the
problem, hence this message.
any ideas?
-matt
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