On Wed, 17 Feb 1999 15:25:19 -0500,
Chris Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 17, 1999 at 11:10:10AM -0800, Mark Zugsmith wrote:
> > Sorry folks, I am brand new to qmail and I am just getting it up and
> > running on a test box. I setup Maildir for my home directory and I am just
> > wondering if root in fact is the owner for the users Maildir/ directory..
> > -----snipit-------
> > ls -alg Maildir/
> > ls: Maildir/: Permission denied
> > [mark@rati mark]$ su
> > Password:
> > [root@rati mark]# ls -alg Maildir/
> > total 5
>
> I don't know about completely @#$%#! up, but it's not right and won't work. As
> it stands, your Maildir and its contents are owned by root. You need to chown
> -R mark.mark ~mark/Maildir.
For your next users you should su to the user before running maildirmake. Or
better do a maildirmake (as root) in /etc/skel, so new users on your system
will get it automatically. During creation of a new user the ownerships
will be switched afterwards.
Regards
Mirko
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