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Date:      Wed, 09 Jan 2002 02:08:23 -0300
From:      Angelo <mrdida@gmx.net>
To:        Colin Campbell <sgcccdc@citec.qld.gov.au>
Cc:        <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: correct permission to /var/mail
Message-ID:  <5.0.0.25.2.20020109020456.02cdfde0@mail.gmx.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0201091331020.19381-100000@guru.citec.qld.go v.au>
References:  <5.0.0.25.2.20020108193031.0416be18@pop.openlink.com.br>
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At 13:33 9/1/2002 +1000, Colin Campbell wrote:
>Hi,
>
>It's not the permissions on /var/mail itself that's the problem is it? How
>does the pop server lock the mailbox. I know/think some create a file and
>if /var/mail isn't writabel, that's going to fail. Try using ktrace on the
>pop daemon/inetd or whatever launches it. That should show you what's
>failing.
>
>Colin

Hi Colin

Thanks for sugestion of ktrace

I used this  to find out anything.. so, after using kdump, I found this

[12:58am] newfw[/root> kdump
    711 cucipop  RET   accept 1
    711 cucipop  CALL  wait4(0xffffffff,0,0x1,0)
    711 cucipop  RET   wait4 -1 errno 10 No child processes
    711 cucipop  CALL  fork
    711 cucipop  RET   fork 720/0x2d0
    711 cucipop  CALL  close(0x1)
    711 cucipop  RET   close 0
    711 cucipop  CALL  chdir(0x804d133)
    711 cucipop  NAMI  "/var/spool/cucipop/bulletins"
    711 cucipop  RET   chdir -1 errno 2 No such file or directory
    711 cucipop  CALL  chdir(0x804d2b8)
    711 cucipop  NAMI  "/"
    711 cucipop  RET   chdir 0
    711 cucipop  CALL  wait4(0xffffffff,0,0x1,0)
    711 cucipop  RET   wait4 0
    711 cucipop  CALL  accept(0,0x804f180,0xbfbffb54)
    711 cucipop  RET   accept 1
    711 cucipop  CALL  wait4(0xffffffff,0,0x1,0)
    711 cucipop  RET   wait4 720/0x2d0
    711 cucipop  CALL  wait4(0xffffffff,0,0x1,0)
    711 cucipop  RET   wait4 -1 errno 10 No child processes
    711 cucipop  CALL  fork
    711 cucipop  RET   fork 728/0x2d8
    711 cucipop  CALL  close(0x1)
    711 cucipop  RET   close 0
    711 cucipop  CALL  chdir(0x804d133)
    711 cucipop  NAMI  "/var/spool/cucipop/bulletins"
    711 cucipop  RET   chdir -1 errno 2 No such file or directory
    711 cucipop  CALL  chdir(0x804d2b8)
    711 cucipop  NAMI  "/"
    711 cucipop  RET   chdir 0
    711 cucipop  CALL  wait4(0xffffffff,0,0x1,0)
    711 cucipop  RET   wait4 0
    711 cucipop  CALL  accept(0,0x804f180,0xbfbffb54)
  [12:59am] newfw[/root>


I think,  an error ocurs when it tries to open a 
/var/spool/cucipop/bulletins ??  Im not sure what is this


regards

Angelo


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