Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 11:02:49 -0800 (PST) From: bmk@dtr.com To: roberto@keltia.freenix.fr (Ollivier Robert) Cc: bmk@dtr.com, geoff@ginsu.com, bsd@ee.petra.ac.id, questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: elm problem :) Message-ID: <199511141902.LAA01278@dtr.com> In-Reply-To: <199511141728.SAA07475@keltia.freenix.fr> from "Ollivier Robert" at Nov 14, 95 06:28:45 pm
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> It seems that bmk@dtr.com said: > > have existed, I don't know). I've always had to use flock style locking > > - fcntl always seemed to cause the symptoms the original complaint > > described. > I used to compile Elm setgid mail with all three types of lock till Rod > said that without the setgid and with both the 755 permissions on /var/mail > and fcntl locking it was working beatifully. It runs like that since. > Weird. I don't run Elm setgid mail and I also use 755 perms on /var/mail. However, when I first installed elm, I (perhaps foolishly) used world rwx with setgid mail and the sticky bit on /var/mail. Fcntl didn't work then, but it's possible that it will now. I'll have to try it.
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