Mark W. Eichin writes ("Bug#4354: movemail doesn't work"): ... > As shipped, it *was* installed setuid root + setgid mail... could you > check your installation and verify, and perhaps be more specific about > movemail's complaint? Also include the actual modes of your > /var/spool/mail directory, and an indication of what you're using to > invoke movemail.
Why does movemail need to be setuid root ?! > % ar p /p/a1/debian/mirror/binary/editors/emacs_19.31-2.deb data.tar.gz | tar > tzvf - | grep movemail > -rwsr-sr-x root/mail 14516 1996-06-03 00:05 > usr/lib/emacs/19.31/i386-debian-linux/movemail You mean: dpkg --fsys-tarfile .../editors/emacs_19.31-2.deb |tar tzvf - |grep movemail or even, since you just wanted it listed: dpkg --contents .../editors/emacs_19.31-2.deb |grep movemail The `ar' format is a piece of internal knowledge which you shouldn't need to make use of. Ian.