Subject: Re: popper
To: Mark Andres <mark@ratbert.aisol.net>
From: Kazuyoshi Kato <kazk@yyy.or.jp>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 07/16/1997 05:20:32
> Hi,
>
> Here is how to fix it. As root, do this command:
>
> chmod 1777 /var/mail
>
> This should set the permission like this
>
> drwxrwxrwt 2 root wheel 512 Jul 15 12:03 mail
>
> You should not have to do this, but for some reason things do not work
> properly in NetBSD. On our BSDI servers, popper works fine with the mail
> directory set at
>
> drwxrwxr-x 2 root mail 512 Jul 14 03:11 mail
>
> Oh, and yes, I tried making popper group "mail", making /var/mail also
> group "mail" and setting popper to set-group-id. It still doesn't work
> that way.
>
> Mark
Or using /var/tmp as temporary directory, instead of /var/mail?
--kaz-k