From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 8 06:16:48 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B83B106567A for ; Tue, 8 Jul 2008 06:16:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@troback.com) Received: from mail.gelita.se (212-162-182-244.skbbip.com [212.162.182.244]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD2518FC1E for ; Tue, 8 Jul 2008 06:16:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@troback.com) Received: from itpc02.gelita.swe (212-162-182-242.skbbip.com [212.162.182.242]) by mail.gelita.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38ECF10FC2A for ; Tue, 8 Jul 2008 08:16:38 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 08:17:55 +0200 From: Anders Troback To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080708081755.2469118b@itpc02.gelita.swe> In-Reply-To: <20080708050504.GA69147@pcbsd> References: <20080708050504.GA69147@pcbsd> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.11; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1216102598.71639@67aZFqAo+CnmioudlfdFaQ X-Troback-MailScanner-Information: Please contact postmaster@troback.com for more information X-Troback-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Troback-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-4.399, required 3.2, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-Troback-MailScanner-From: freebsd@troback.com X-Spam-Status: No Subject: Re: Procmail error X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:16:48 -0000 On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 22:05:04 -0700 Rem P Roberti wrote: > Probably the wrong forum for this, but since it's on a freebsd system: >=20 > I have mutt installed on two other freebsd computers. I fetch pop > mail via getmail, and procmail puts things where they belong. I just > installed freebsd 7.0 on another computer with what I thought were the > exact same settings for all of the mail programs involved. When I try > to retrieve mail I get this error message: >=20 > Delivery error (command procmail 3695 error (127, exec of command > procmail failed (refuse to invoke external commands as root or GID 0 > by default))) >=20 > I'm a relative newbie here and would appreciate it if someone could > give me a heads up on this. >=20 > Rem Are you running getmail as root? --=20 Anders Trob=E4ck http://www.troback.com/ =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Windows: "Where do you want to go today?" Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" FreeBSD: "Are you guys coming, or what?" --------------------------------------------