Re: [Evolution] Error setting evolution: shortcut to inbox cannot be created

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

You need to set the suid bit on camel-lock-helper or it won't be able to
create a lock in /var/spool/mail

Jeff

On Wed, 2001-11-14 at 18:43, mark wrote:
> I get the same here, as i have all my root mail redirected to my own
> local mail spool (pine works fine on the local spool)..
>
> ls -al /usr/sbin/camel-lock-helper
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root    7476  /usr/sbin/camel-lock-helper
>
> and also
>
> ls -ld /var/spool/mail drwxrwxr-x    2 root  mail 4096  /var/spool/mail
>
> Any suggestions (Iam using evo-0.99.1)
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> On Wed, 2001-11-14 at 23:13, NotZed wrote:
> > Probably known packaging issue.
> >
> > What is the permissions on /usr/sbin/camel-lock-helper and the permissions
> > on /var/spool/mail?
> >
> > i.e.
> > ls -l /usr/sbin/camel-lock-helper
> > ls -ld /var/spoo/mail
> >
> > > Hello.
> > >
> > > When running evolution 0.99.0 for the first time in my Red Hat Linux 7.2
> > > box, at the setup assistant, I receive the following error message:
> > >
> > >   Error:
> > >
> > >   Could not get inbox for new mail store:
> > >   Could not lock '/var/spool/mail/romildo'
> > >   No shortcut will be created.
> > >
> > > I was configuring with the Server Type "Standard Unix mbox spools" for
> > > receiving email, and "Sendmail" for sending email.
> > >
> > > I have been using an ADSL connection to the internet, fetching mail from
> > > the provider with fetchmail, and sendmail to deliver my email.
> > >
> > > Any clues?
> > >
> > > Romildo
> > > -- 
> > > Prof. José Romildo Malaquias               Departamento de Computação
> > > http://iceb.ufop.br/~romildo       Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto
> > > romildo iceb ufop br                                           Brasil
> > > romildo uber com br
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