> From: John Cosimano
> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 1:41 PM
> To: Openbsd Misc (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: mail issue
>
>
> --- Stuart VanZee [Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 11:55:39AM -0400]: ---
> > I am using OpenBSD 4.5
> >
> > When I try to use mail to send email from a user account I
> > get an error:
> >
> > can not chdir(/var/spool/mqueue/): Permission denied
> > Program mode requires special privileges, e.g., root or TrustedUser.
>
> what are the filesystem permissions on /var/spool/mqueue and
> /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail ?
>
> what MUA are you using to send?
>
>

/var/spool/mqueue:

drwx------  2 root     wheel    512 Aug 27 13:38 mqueue

/usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail:

-r-xr-sr-x  1 root  smmsp  634364 May 19 15:21 sendmail

I am using the mail command like I usually do like:

$ mail [email protected]

thanks.

s

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