Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri. posted in linux-india-help: > usr/bin/fetchmail -v -f/home/spavri/.fetchmailrc & > -------------------------------------------------- > > The problem is that fetchmail does not start automatically when ppp > comes up. I have to start it manually from the command line using
This is most likely because the owner/group of .fetchmailrc and the UID/GID of the fetchmail process are different. /etc/ppp/ip-up is run with UID/GID of the ppp process (most likely 0/0). chown root:root .fetchmailrc; chmod 600 .fetchmailrc should do it. Binand -- Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Bruce's Razor: Never attribute to stupidity that which can be adequately explained by Microsoft funding. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. Deadline: Sept. 13. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
