imap4 locking fails
can anybody explain why the imap4 is behaving as shown below ? is it unable to
lock the inbox and if so what is the remedy ? this occurs with all users.
Connected to mozart.void.hell.net.
Escape character is '^]'.
* OK mozart.void.hell.net IMAP4 Service 8.3(144) at Mon, 10 Mar 1997 15:52:58
+1100 (EST) (Report problems in this server to MRC@CAC.Washington.EDU)
a001 login winspace xxxxxxxxxx
a001 OK LOGIN completed
a002 select inbox
* NO Error creating /var/spool/mail/winspace.lock.857969608.30935.mozart:
Permission denied
* 331 EXISTS
* OK [UIDVALIDITY 857969609] UID validity status
* FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft \Seen)
* OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft \Seen)] Permanent
flags
* OK [UNSEEN 1] 1 is first unseen
* 331 RECENT
a002 OK [READ-WRITE] SELECT completed
logout
* NO Error creating /var/spool/mail/winspace.lock.857969626.30935.mozart:
Permission denied
* BYE mozart.void.hell.net IMAP4 server terminating connection
OK LOGOUT completed
Connection closed by foreign host.
permissions on directorys and mailfile /var/spool/mail/winspace
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 1024 Jan 7 11:56 var
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 1024 Nov 6 22:10 spool
drwxrwxr-x 2 mail mail 1024 Mar 10 15:52 mail
-rw------- 1 winspace users 1045857 Mar 10 15:53 winspace
-rw-rw---- 1 administ mail 4370 Mar 8 16:12 administ
lsattr on directories
------- var
------- spool
------- mail
TIA and cheers
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