Hello, On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 07:54:02PM +0100, ferret wrote: > Package: libpam-modules > Version: 0.79-4 > Severity: normal
> When logging in I get a message "You have old mail in /var/mail/ferret." > According to http://uw714doc.sco.com/en/SEC_pam/pam-6.html#ss6.14 , > there is a parameter to pam_mail called 'quiet': > quiet - only report when there is new mail. > Setting this parameter in the appropriate files in /etc/pam.d has no > effect, e.g. /etc/pam.d/ssh: > session optional pam_mail.so noenv quiet > I tried setting other parameters to pam_mail.so such as nopen to make > sure I was setting the parameters in the correct place; and I was -- > they had an effect. > Looking in the source from apt-get source libpam-modules, this version > looks like it should implement this parameter. I have no idea why it > isn't. A new upstream version of PAM has just been uploaded to unstable, and is available now from incoming.debian.org. Could you try this package to see whether this bug has been fixed for you? It might since upstream has made significant changes to pam_mail, but I haven't yet checked myself. To install these packages on etch you will need to rebuild them from source, but they should build cleanly without any changes needed for a backport. Cheers, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
