Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!gatech!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!eagle!data.nas.nasa.gov!sun418!truesdel From: truesdel@nas.nasa.gov (David A. Truesdell) Newsgroups: comp.mail.mh Subject: Re: Problems using slocal Message-ID: Date: 12 Apr 91 03:52:34 GMT References: <1735@gandalf.littlei.UUCP> Sender: news@nas.nasa.gov Distribution: na Organization: NAS Program, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA Lines: 24 bobd@bobd.hf.intel.com (Bob Dietrich) writes: >I recently brought up 6.7.1 on SysV 3.2.2 (386 cpu) and decided to be more >efficient by having slocal filter some of my mail as it arrived. However, >there seems to be a problem with appending mail to my default mailbox. It >appears that slocal locks the mailbox (/usr/mail/bobd in my case) when the >program starts, and when it then tries to append to this file, it fails >because the lock is set. This behavior occurs with and without LOCKF >versions of slocal and inc. And yes, inc and rcvstore are owned by group >"mail" and group SUID. Did I build MH wrong? Is my .maildelivery file >wrong? Any suggestions (other than using a second mailbox)? Thanks. Try simply letting the message "drop out" of the .maildelivery file. It work's fine for me. I expect that slocal would give up any special permissions before attempting to append to a file, or execute a user specified program. If /usr/mail/bobd is not writeable by bobd, it would explain your troubles. -- T.T.F.N., dave truesdell (truesdel@nas.nasa.gov) Ita erat quando hic adventi.