Re: Mail: Cannot create lock file - SOLVED

[Debian GNU <debian_71@yahoo.com>]

Hi all,

I could solve the problem. The group for the mail
directory was root, and I changed to to mail. It
solved my problem.

Sorry for the trouble

Deb
--- Debian GNU <debian_71@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> In my new debian potato installation, I created  a
> seperate partetion for mail and mounted it in
> /var/spool/mail. Mails are getting properly
> delivered.
> If I am using 'mail' command to read mails, I am
> getting the following error :
> 
> mail:  Cannot create lock file
> /var/spool/mail/xxxx.lock. Error creating temporary
> lock file
> 
> But with mutt I am not getting any error. I
> installed
> Qpopper, but it also give error
> 
> ERR: maillock: cannot lock '/var/spool/mail/xxxx' :1
> 
> I suspect this is some permission problem, but dont
> know what exactly is. How can I correct this ?
> 
> Tnx in advance,
> 
> Rds,
> 
> Deb
> 
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