Tomas, but when you are correct, why is it working on another computer wwith exactly the same permissions set? On that other computer it is working well, and I can not see a difference between both.
Cheers Hans > > ls -la /var/mail > > insgesamt 384 > > drwxrwsr-x 2 root mail 4096 6. Mai 17:02 *.* > > ^ > This is it > > > drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4096 6. Mai 16:17 *..* > > -rw-rw---- 1 testuser mail 382182 6. Mai 17:02 testuser > > As testuser you don't have write permission to /var/mail. To remove > a file from that directory (i.e. /var/mail/ullhan63), you would need > to change (i.e. write to) the directory. > > You can, as testuser write to the file /var/mail/ullhan63, but you > can't remove it. > > You could make it empty by > > echo -n '' > /var/mail/ullhan63 > > or some moral equivalent. > > Cheers > - t
