Subject: HELP!! READONLY for everybody !!

From: "Lynne Seamans" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 97 10:36:21 EST

I'm REALLY new at this so please excuse if it's simple and
I should already know, etc... BUT everybody's yelling at me
and I don't know what to do !!

After a reboot and some system configuration changes
(And an fsck on /var)  EVERYBODY is getting "READONLY"
on their INBOXES... I'm checking the permissions in
/var/mail but I don't know what else to do

Does anybody have a clue.

Thanks so much.....
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|Lynne Seamans         <><   |  Millersville University of PA      |
|Systems Programmer          |  [email-masked]          |
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From: "Robin S. Socha" <[email-masked]>
Date: 11 Dec 1997 16:55:55 +0100

>> "LS" == Lynne Seamans <[email-masked]> writes:

Ok, I tried to unsubscribe, but it wouldn't work...

LS> I'm REALLY new at this so please excuse if it's simple and I
LS> should already know, etc... BUT everybody's yelling at me and I
LS> don't know what to do !!

Hit them over the head with a MS-handbook.

LS> After a reboot and some system configuration changes (And an fsck
LS> on /var) EVERYBODY is getting "READONLY" on their INBOXES... I'm
LS> checking the permissions in /var/mail but I don't know what else
LS> to do

say 

	strace -o dumpfile pine

then do:

	man find
	man chmod
	man xargs
	man sh

or are you having stale lockfiles by the dozen? XEmacs makes a
beatiful man-browser: M-x manual-entry. You might also try KDE's
KDE-help for this. KDE kicks butt big time.

Robin

-- 
Robin S. Socha M.A.
I did this 'cause Linux gives me a woody. It doesn't generate revenue.
(Dave '-ddt->` Taylor, announcing DOOM for Linux)