From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 7 20:26:43 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EDA416A4B3 for ; Tue, 7 Oct 2003 20:26:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from out001.verizon.net (out001pub.verizon.net [206.46.170.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC88F43FCB for ; Tue, 7 Oct 2003 20:26:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@pcmedx.com) Received: from duron.pcmedx.com ([4.46.22.189]) by out001.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.05.33 201-253-122-126-133-20030313) with ESMTP id <20031008032641.MSOI5382.out001.verizon.net@duron.pcmedx.com>; Tue, 7 Oct 2003 22:26:41 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by duron.pcmedx.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4099BACF0; Tue, 7 Oct 2003 20:26:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mike (mike.pcmedx.com [192.168.240.244]) by duron.pcmedx.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 970DAACEE; Tue, 7 Oct 2003 20:26:39 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <000d01c38d4b$fcfd53f0$f4f0a8c0@pcmedx.com> From: "Mike Maltese" To: References: <20031008031656.GA1318@panix.com> Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 20:26:40 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd (http://www.amavis.org) and f-prot (http://www.f-prot.com) at pcmedx.com X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out001.verizon.net from [4.46.22.189] at Tue, 7 Oct 2003 22:26:41 -0500 cc: Joe Altman Subject: Re: Setting the sticky bit on /var/mail... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 03:26:43 -0000 This may not be correct, but my first instinct would be to check for a flag on the directory, i.e., 'ls -lo /var | grep mail'. See man pages for chflags and ls if necessary. > I am using Exim as a local mail agent on 5.1-RELEASE-p10. Suddenly, I > can no longer set the sticky bit on /var/mail...not even as root. The > error is "operation not permitted" when I run 'chmod 1777 mail'...this > error doesn't occur on 4.9-RC. > > What could cause this type of behavior, the sudden inability to set > that sticky bit? Further, if anyone has a pointer (beyond the manual) > to information regarding this, I would be grateful for the pointer. > > I just finished a cvsup this weekend; but I am not sure when this > became a problem because the machine is a testbed for 5.x and is often > turned off for extended periods. > > Anyway, if anyone has a clue for me, I would appreciate it. I am > guessing (utterly in the dark) that the culprit may be a chflags > issue? > > Thanks in advance for any replies... > > fj