On Tuesday 15 December 2015 20:01:30 Richard Hector wrote: > On 16/12/15 13:52, Bob Holtzman wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 05:37:23PM -0500, Gary Dale wrote: > >> On 15/12/15 05:02 PM, Bob Holtzman wrote: > >>> Running Wheezy (7.9) on a reinstall after launching Jessie thru > >>> a wall. Reinstalled all my s/w including msmtp and fetchmail. I > >>> brought .fetchmailrc over from my backup as well as .msmtprc. > >>> Both had been working flawlessly on the previous install. Now > >>> when I run "fetchmail" I get "command not found". Perms on > >>> .fetchmailrc are 700. A search on various variations of Wheezy > >>> fetchmail "command not found" came up with nothing. > >>> > >>> Any ideas, pointers or flames appreciated. > >> > >> Check permissions on fetchmail. Your account may not be allowed > >> to execute it. > > > > -rwx------ 1 holtzm holtzm 380 Oct 17 18:46 .fetchmailrc > > > > Looks good to me. All the answers I have gotten so far pin the > > problem on permissions. Not so. > > > > Thanx to all that replied. > > Not .fetchmailrc - fetchmail. The executable: /usr/bin/fetchmail > > Richard
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 280000 May 3 2012 /usr/bin/fetchmail I don't even own it, runs perfectly for me. Its my understanding that fetchmail does an suid to whomever calls it. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Some mill pix are at: Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene/GO704-pix>
