From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 30 15:39:56 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA17274 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 30 Aug 1998 15:39:56 -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 PAA17269 for ; Sun, 30 Aug 1998 15:39:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bob@safeweb.net) Received: from safeweb.net (dial-088.safeweb.net [207.193.192.88]) by unix.safeweb.net (8.8.7/8.6.12) with ESMTP id RAA07164; Sun, 30 Aug 1998 17:35:44 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <35E9D45F.E3677A2B@safeweb.net> Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 17:38:23 -0500 From: Bobby Walker X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: beef@cybertouch.org CC: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: popper problem with authentication References: <199808302159.RAA00577@beef.cybertouch.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG beef@cybertouch.org wrote: > > Hello, > > I have installed popper. Problem is, no matter which user > account I try, constantly get bad password. Here is what > /var/log/message says: > > Aug 30 17:57:13 beef popper[571]: Unable to open temporary > maildrop '/var/mail/.t00thie.pop': Permission denied (13) > Aug 30 17:57:13 beef popper[571]: t00thie@h24-64-141- > 176.mt.wave.shaw.ca: -ERR System error, can't open temporary > file, do you own it? > > Can someone please tell me what is wrong and how to fix it? > > Thanks, > lanny > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message In /var/mail type rm .* That will remove all the temporary files, and popper should work from there. Hope that helps, -- Bob To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message