From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 27 23:01:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA28481 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 27 Aug 1998 23:01:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from unix.safeweb.net (safeweb.net [207.193.55.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA28467 for ; Thu, 27 Aug 1998 23:01:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bob@safeweb.net) Received: from safeweb.net (dial-087.safeweb.net [207.193.192.87]) by unix.safeweb.net (8.8.7/8.6.12) with ESMTP id HAA05791; Wed, 28 Aug 1996 07:00:13 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <35E64762.5B44D53F@safeweb.net> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 01:00:02 -0500 From: Bobby Walker X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Brendan Kosowski CC: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: /var/mail temp files References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Brendan Kosowski wrote: > > I recently changed the permission of the hidden temp files in /var/mail ( > while experimenting with a new pop server ) and then I changed the > permissions back. Now no one can access their e-mail. > > Can anyone help ??? > > Thanks & Regards, Brendan > Those are only temporary files, just rm *.pop and the popper will create new ones as it needs them. I had the same problem when I first stumbled into /var/mail I'm notorius for mucking things up so that I have to fix them. *whistles innocently* -- Bob To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message