chinson@medivax.UUCP (Chinson Yi) (10/08/87)
Since we installed the version 2.0, the sendmail does not
create new mail file ("/usr/spool/mail/XXX") for the new users.
Any idea ?
Chinson Yi
UCLA, Dept. of Medicine (medivax)
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/____________\ (c)jeff@umbc3.umd.edu (Jeffrey Burgan) (10/14/87)
Reply-Path: In article <8553@felix.UUCP> chinson@medivax.UUCP (Chinson Yi) writes: >Since we installed the version 2.0, the sendmail does not >create new mail file ("/usr/spool/mail/XXX") for the new users. >Any idea ? > The mail directory /usr/spool/mail must have mode 1777. (i.e. r,w,x for everyone plus the sticky bit needs to be set. This is discussed in the release notes. Hope this helps, Jeffrey Burgan jeff@umbc3.umd.edu University of Maryland
mkhaw@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Mike Khaw) (10/16/87)
Reply-Path: > The mail directory /usr/spool/mail must have mode 1777. > (i.e. r,w,x for everyone plus the sticky bit needs to be set. This is > discussed in the release notes. What in the world does a sticky bit on a DIRECTORY do? While I'm at it, what would the suid and sgid bits on a directory mean? Mike Khaw -- internet: mkhaw@teknowledge-vaxc.arpa usenet: {uunet|sun|ucbvax|decwrl|uw-beaver}!mkhaw%teknowledge-vaxc.arpa USnail: Teknowledge Inc, 1850 Embarcadero Rd, POB 10119, Palo Alto, CA 94303 [Setting the sticky bit on a directory in either 4.3 BSD or Ultrix means that only the owner of a file may rename it or remove it. -- Art Z.]