i am getting mailbox locking problems
here is an
strace mail
<SNIP>
open("/var/spool/mail/<myhostname>.cf86b",
O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_EXCL|O_SYNC, 0) = -1 EACCES
(Permission denied)
setgid(1000) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0
write(2, "Unable to lock mailbox: Permissi"..., 42Unable to lock mailbox:
Permission denied
) = 42
close(3) = 0
munmap(0x400f5000, 4096) = 0
munmap(0x40015000, 4096) = 0
munmap(0x40014000, 4096) = 0
_exit(0) = ?
ls -l /var/spool/mail
drwxrwsr-x 2 root mail 4096 Mar 30 11:13 ./
On Solaris and /var/mail has a sticky bit set
ls -ald /var/mail/
drwxrwxrwt 3 root mail 1024 Mar 30 11:15 /var/mail/
