From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 6 15:39:18 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA05158 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 15:39:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from milehigh.denver.net (milehigh.denver.net [204.144.180.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA05151 for ; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 15:39:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jdc@milehigh.denver.net) Received: (from jdc@localhost) by milehigh.denver.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA05103; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 16:39:43 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: <19971006163942.29562@denver.net> Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 16:39:42 -0600 From: John-David Childs To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mail.local: sendto biff: Permission denied References: <3437FC27.27017DD1@home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.79 In-Reply-To: <3437FC27.27017DD1@home.com>; from Marty Gordon on Sun, Oct 05, 1997 at 01:44:23PM -0700 Organization: Enterprise Internet Solutions Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sunday October 5, 1997, Marty Gordon had this to say about "mail.local: sendto biff: Permission denied": > I'm running a FreeBSD 2.2-stable system that was CVSUPed and > rebuilt as of: "FreeBSD 2.2-STABLE #0: Tue Sep 2 13:48:15 > PDT 1997" > > After adding some additional users to the system with > 'adduser', I get the following message, which I assume gets > issued for each piece of mail coming in: > > Oct 5 12:55:11 CX63802-A mail.local: sendto biff: > Permission denied > Check /etc/inetd.conf to make sure that the comsat service is running. -- John-David Childs (JC612) Enterprise Internet Solutions System Administrator @denver.net/Internet-Coach/@ronan.net & Network Engineer 1031 S. Parker Rd. #I-8 Denver, CO 80231 As of this^H^H^H^H next week, passwords will be entered in Morse code.