[Mailman-Users] OSX config.pck.last problem possible resolution

[John W. Baxter]

On 4/21/2005 18:00, "Larry Stone" <lstone19 at stonejongleux.com> wrote:

> I have not run Mac OS X's "repair disk permissions" since the update. I know
> many people recommend doing so both before and after applying any OS update
> but I've found doing so actually causes me problems - it changes the
> permissions on /var/mail to something pine does not like.

Yes, it does (to 775).  So I change them back to 1777 after running repair
permissions.

  sudo chmod 1777 /var/mail

Not very painful.  (1777 allows the U of Washington libraries to create the
"hitching post" files they want to in /var/mail.  The 1 prevents the world
from deleting any file that that particular world user didn't create.  File
permissions prevent the wrong user from reading others' mail.)

  --John