You need to set the suid bit on camel-lock-helper or it won't be able to create a lock in /var/spool/mail
Jeff On Wed, 2001-11-14 at 18:43, mark wrote: > I get the same here, as i have all my root mail redirected to my own > local mail spool (pine works fine on the local spool).. > > ls -al /usr/sbin/camel-lock-helper > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7476 /usr/sbin/camel-lock-helper > > and also > > ls -ld /var/spool/mail drwxrwxr-x 2 root mail 4096 /var/spool/mail > > Any suggestions (Iam using evo-0.99.1) > > Mark > > > > On Wed, 2001-11-14 at 23:13, NotZed wrote: > > > > Probably known packaging issue. > > > > What is the permissions on /usr/sbin/camel-lock-helper and the permissions > > on /var/spool/mail? > > > > i.e. > > ls -l /usr/sbin/camel-lock-helper > > ls -ld /var/spoo/mail > > > > > > > > Hello. > > > > > > When running evolution 0.99.0 for the first time in my Red Hat Linux 7.2 > > > box, at the setup assistant, I receive the following error message: > > > > > > Error: > > > > > > Could not get inbox for new mail store: > > > Could not lock '/var/spool/mail/romildo' > > > No shortcut will be created. > > > > > > I was configuring with the Server Type "Standard Unix mbox spools" for > > > receiving email, and "Sendmail" for sending email. > > > > > > I have been using an ADSL connection to the internet, fetching mail from > > > the provider with fetchmail, and sendmail to deliver my email. > > > > > > Any clues? > > > > > > Romildo > > > -- > > > Prof. Jos� Romildo Malaquias Departamento de Computa��o > > > http://iceb.ufop.br/~romildo Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brasil > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
