Re: Couldn't use Balsa as User

[Ali Akcaagac <ali akcaagac stud fh-wilhelmshaven de>]

On 2001.02.04 16:45:23 +0100 Holger Poenitz wrote:
> I have installed Balsa 1.1.0 from RPM succesfully, then I run the
> Configurationdruid - as root everything works (of course). But when I
> run the "Druid" as a user I get at the end following error message :
> 
> "Problem beim Erstellen der Postfächer" - retranslation Problem by
> creating the mail folders
> /var spool/mail/wolf - Username is Wolf
> 
> Technical Information
> errno= 0 (Success)
> 
> I could click only on the buttons "back" and "cancel"
> 
> >>>
> 
> Then I tried to be smart - and copied as root the file root in
> /var/spool/mail to wolf and the change the permission, so that both
> files have the same permission, same group but different owner.
> After this the "Druid" runs through and said everything ok. BUT the
> Inbox is now writeprotected.
> 
> What now ?? Every help is welcome.

what now ? yes reading the documents sometimes help!

enter yur machine as "root"

cd /var/spool
chmod 1777 mail

cd /var/spool/mail
chown wolf.users wolf
chown root.root root
chmod 600 wolf
chmod 600 root

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