Xref: utzoo comp.mail.misc:2678 comp.mail.elm:2141 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!sun-barr!decwrl!fungus.dec.com!paine From: paine@fungus.dec.com (Willy Paine) Newsgroups: comp.mail.xenix,comp.mail.misc,comp.mail.elm Subject: new Unix 3.2 and permission problem?? Message-ID: <8911271655.AA04386@decwrl.dec.com> Date: 27 Nov 89 16:55:44 GMT Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 25 I recently upgrade to SCO Unix 3.2 from Xenix and I notice some permission problems for non-superuser or non-root in mailer and bbs programs. I tried to send mail out of Elm 2.2 PL8 and Mush but I am getting exact same error message: [Permission denied] Can't Create text file to be queued. I think this is part of SCO Unix error message. I have some problem on executing XBBS but I modified somewhere in source code and works fine as far as I am awared. Can you help me with strange permission problem? Don't tell me to use "chmod 777" on /tmp or directories. This does not work this way but this is poor security practice. Thank you... willy ................................................................ . Willy Paine BBS +1-206-822-4615 . . willyp@seaeast.WA.COM FidoNet 1:343/15 . . uunet!nwnexus!seaeast!willyp fungus.dnet.dec.com!paine . ................................................................