Re: command not found
On Tuesday 15 December 2015 20:01:30 Richard Hector wrote:
> On 16/12/15 13:52, Bob Holtzman wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 05:37:23PM -0500, Gary Dale wrote:
> >> On 15/12/15 05:02 PM, Bob Holtzman wrote:
> >>> Running Wheezy (7.9) on a reinstall after launching Jessie thru
> >>> a wall. Reinstalled all my s/w including msmtp and fetchmail. I
> >>> brought .fetchmailrc over from my backup as well as .msmtprc.
> >>> Both had been working flawlessly on the previous install. Now
> >>> when I run "fetchmail" I get "command not found". Perms on
> >>> .fetchmailrc are 700. A search on various variations of Wheezy
> >>> fetchmail "command not found" came up with nothing.
> >>>
> >>> Any ideas, pointers or flames appreciated.
> >>
> >> Check permissions on fetchmail. Your account may not be allowed
> >> to execute it.
> >
> > -rwx------ 1 holtzm holtzm 380 Oct 17 18:46 .fetchmailrc
> >
> > Looks good to me. All the answers I have gotten so far pin the
> > problem on permissions. Not so.
> >
> > Thanx to all that replied.
>
> Not .fetchmailrc - fetchmail. The executable: /usr/bin/fetchmail
>
> Richard
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 280000 May 3 2012 /usr/bin/fetchmail
I don't even own it, runs perfectly for me. Its my understanding that
fetchmail does an suid to whomever calls it.
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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