Am Donnerstag, 6. Mai 2021, 17:45:29 CEST schrieb Hans: I am answering myself: I was wrong, on the other computer rm and touch do also not work.
BTW: I stumbled over this issue, because mutt could not delete my mails due to the permissions (but at the other computer it works), so I tried all the steps manually. Maybe there is also another failure besides my thinking. :) Best Hans > 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
