martin%UUCP@YALE.ARPA@medix.UUCP (02/27/87)
1) Does the new (9.5?) version of mail check on mail arrival at login?
My system doesn't, and I've ended up putting pointer's in user's
.login and .profile files to do the checking. At least the csh tells
me when new mail arrives.
2) When I'm reading mail, and want to save it to a 'folder', I type
's folder_name'. Works fine if 'folder_name' already exists.
But if it's a new file, it gets created with 'root' ownership.
I end up 'su-ing' to the root account in order to change the
file ownerships back to normal. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
Brian K. Martin
(808) 735-5661
ARPA: uhccux!medix!martin@nosc.ARPA
UUCP: { ucbvax | dcdwest | ihnp4 | seismo }!sdcsvax!nosc!uhccux!medix!martinpato@EDDIE.MIT.EDU@apollo.UUCP (03/02/87)
In article <8702270848.AA05665@uhmanoa.ICS.HAWAII.EDU> martin%UUCP@YALE.ARPA@medix.UUCP (Brian K. Martin) writes: > >1) Does the new (9.5?) version of mail check on mail arrival at login? > My system doesn't, and I've ended up putting pointer's in user's > .login and .profile files to do the checking. At least the csh tells > me when new mail arrives. > The standard 4.2 mail check is not performed by the mail software, but by the shells. The first check is actually performed at login time by /bin/login on most UNIX systems. For DOMAIN/IX we have made /bin/start_csh and /bin/start_sh do the initial mail check. Subsequent checks are controlled by the setting of the mail variable in the CSH, and the MAIL environment variable for the bourne shell. Under System V login does not check for new mail. Sites that wish to preserve the mail checking at login time should insert a mail check into the system's /etc/profile file. Subsequent checking is controlled by the settings of the MAIL, MAILCHECK and MAILPATH environment variables. Joe Pato UUCP: ...{attunix,uw-beaver,decvax!wanginst}!apollo!pato Apollo Computer Inc. ARPA: apollo!pato@mit-eddie.arpa