Re: Trouble with /var/spool/mail/????
I have run into this same problem twice in the past couple of weeks due to
backups/restores. You really need to use the -p option with tar but I
have had to go through and add permissions to most of my directories.
On Tue, 17 Mar 1998, Paul Rightley wrote:
> Out of necessity, I have recently moved /var to another partition.
> I tar'ed up the directory and then untar'ed it on the new
> partition. This morning, I cannot get xfmail to open
> /var/spool/mail/user saying that it cannot lock the file.
> I figure the problem results from the movement of /var.
>
George Bonser
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