dennisg@kgw2.bwi.wec.com (11/21/90)
Configuration: Sun 3/60 SunOS 4.0.1 i have a problem with sendmail. sendmail seems to need a file in /var/spool/mail for each user; otherwise, it sends mail to that user to /dev/null (if local delivery) or returns it. if i create a user using: touch nobody chown nobody nobody chmod 600 nobody in /var/spool/mail then mail will indeed be placed in user "nobody"'s mailbox. some file/directory information: kgw2% ls -lg /bin/mail -rwsr-xr-x 1 root daemon 24576 Dec 1 1989 /bin/mail* kgw2% ls -lg /usr/ucb/mail -r-sr-xr-x 2 root daemon 98304 Apr 9 1988 /usr/ucb/mail* kgw2% ls -lg /usr/ucb/Mail -r-sr-xr-x 2 root daemon 98304 Apr 9 1988 /usr/ucb/Mail* kgw2% ls -lg /var/spool total 49 drwxrwsr-x 2 root daemon 1024 Nov 1 09:11 mail/ drwxr-sr-x 2 root daemon 1536 Nov 1 08:51 mqueue/ drwxrwsrwx 2 bin staff 512 Apr 9 1988 secretmail/ kgw2% ls -lg /usr/lib/sendmail* -r-sr-x--x 1 root staff 114688 May 6 1989 /usr/lib/sendmail* -r--r--r-- 1 root staff 1544 Apr 9 1988 /usr/lib/sendmail.hf -r--r--r-- 1 root staff 10327 Apr 9 1988 /usr/lib/sendmail.main.cf -r-sr-x--x 1 root staff 131072 Apr 9 1988 /usr/lib/sendmail.mx* -r--r--r-- 1 root staff 7882 Apr 9 1988 /usr/lib/sendmail.subsidiary.cf kgw2% ls -l /etc/sendmail.cf -r--r--r-- 1 root 10331 Nov 1 08:52 /etc/sendmail.cf Is this a common problem of is my mail system broke? ..!uunet!kgw2!dennisg | Dennis P. Glatting dennisg@kgw2.bwi.WEC.COM | X2NeXT developer