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Re: smail POP error




>> I can't connect using POP to retrieve my mail at a remote server I
maintain.
>> Recently, the hard drive filled up, and a new one was installed.  Now I
>> can't retrieve my mail.  A copy of the log follows.
>Just a blind guess. What are the /tmp permissions?
>This is how it is in mine:
>drwxrwxrwt  15 root     root         2048 oct 24 13:26 tmp
>
>I seem to recall that there is something special that allows everybody to
>create files in that directory but only delete those that belong to the
>current user. Check the policy manual.
>
>Luis.

drwxrwxrwt   2 root     root         1024 Oct 24 06:47 /tmp/
drwxrwxrwt   2 root     root         1024 Oct 24 06:42 /var/tmp/

Any more ideas?  I am stumped on this one.  The command I used to copy the
hard drives was:  "(cd nmnt;tar c *)|(cd mnt;tar xv)"  Was there anything
wrong with that?



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