Meanwhile I could solve my problem by replacing the user-space nfsd with the kernel-based one. Seems that sendmail couldn't lock the file. Thanks again for all the help.
Gruss Steffan On Thu, Dec 06, 2001, Steffan Baron wrote: > >Hi there, > >I'm encountering a strange problem in the interaction of a Solaris >mail server and a file server running potato. Usually, my users can >forward their mail into a local file by specifying its path in their >.forward. However, this doesn't work if the user home is stored on the >Linux file server. Although the user homes are exported with root >permissions, mails don't get written into the specified >file. Instead, they're still queued (even after 14 days, and even >stranger, with no error message at all). > >Does anybody know what the problem might be? Any help would be greatly >appreciated. > >Gruss >Steffan > > >--- >I am the "ILOVEGNU" signature virus. Just copy me to your signature. >This email was infected under the terms of the GNU General Public License. > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >