If this doesn't happen to root, then its obviously permissions related. Maybe the users should belong to a particular group or something like that. Speaking NON-AUTHORITATIVELY, i would say, figure out any groups related to the mailing application on you box. Find out what happens if you add a user to one of the groups.
Also its complaining about not having any child processes, i'm thinking that this group thingy is preventing /bin/mail from starting any child processes its trying to start. I'm almost certain that it is group related, but hey this is a NON-AUTHORITATIVE analysis. I hope it helps some. Essien -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 11:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [gentoo-user] mail failing to remove the lock file When a normal user quits /bin/mail, the mail application fails to remove the mail lock file with the error message: # mail: Cannot remove lockfile /var/mail/gus.lock: No child processes The same user can (and must) then manually remove the lockfile from /var/mail/gus.lock This doesn't happen for root. What should I look for? Biker -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
