Re: Linux/Alpha getegid() & elm

Noah Lee Gibbs (noah@trout.res.cmu.edu)
Tue, 27 Feb 1996 00:54:38 -0500

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On Mon, 26 Feb 1996, Erik Troan wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Feb 1996, Fred Roy wrote:
>
> > As a matter of consequence, `elm' compiled from `elm2.4' (without Linux/Alpha
> > patches, if any) fails to read incoming mail(s) unless chowning to o+w the
> > /var/spool/mail directory.
>
> I'm glad you found the root cause of this one! Thanks!

Yes, but isn't chmoding /var/spool/mail to o+w a Bad Thing(tm)? Not to say
that I won't be applying this fix shortly :)

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