On Saturday 03 January 2004 16:00, GCS wrote: > On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 10:49:55AM -0500, Thomas H. George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > cd /oldhome/tom > > cp -Rp .* /home/tom ( Found by trial and error > > that .* works) > > > > Almost everything works - e.g. mozilla previously undeleted mail - > > but fetchmail which aborts with the "lock creation failed" message. > > > > How can I fix this? > > Depends. Are you sure that /home/tom/ and everything under that is > owned by you? 'ls -ld /home/tom' and 'ls -la /home/tom' should show > tom.tom on every file.
If he has a tom.tom on every file, he can use them to send the messages, together with a few smoke signals, and save bothering to set up email. Or did I have too much to drink over new year? -- richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
