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| author | Glenn Morris | 2012-08-08 09:03:04 -0700 |
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| committer | Glenn Morris | 2012-08-08 09:03:04 -0700 |
| commit | 7eaa9e447dc2ea18c8828a0cbd5f005556f97c16 (patch) | |
| tree | 60a34de1084d27aa83b4b90cad80e12d30e4cdc1 /lib-src | |
| parent | b33dcadbc2bf13079309b2afbeaad6732796bd0a (diff) | |
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| -rw-r--r-- | lib-src/movemail.c | 11 |
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diff --git a/lib-src/movemail.c b/lib-src/movemail.c index c950d06f5d2..df1c1137df5 100644 --- a/lib-src/movemail.c +++ b/lib-src/movemail.c | |||
| @@ -290,14 +290,13 @@ main (int argc, char **argv) | |||
| 290 | On systems that use a lock file, extracting the mail without locking | 290 | On systems that use a lock file, extracting the mail without locking |
| 291 | WILL occasionally cause loss of mail due to timing errors! | 291 | WILL occasionally cause loss of mail due to timing errors! |
| 292 | 292 | ||
| 293 | So, if creation of the lock file fails | 293 | So, if creation of the lock file fails due to access |
| 294 | due to access permission on the mail spool directory, | 294 | permission on the mail spool directory, you simply MUST |
| 295 | you simply MUST change the permission | 295 | change the permission and/or make movemail a setgid program |
| 296 | and/or make movemail a setgid program | ||
| 297 | so it can create lock files properly. | 296 | so it can create lock files properly. |
| 298 | 297 | ||
| 299 | You might also wish to verify that your system is one | 298 | You might also wish to verify that your system is one which |
| 300 | which uses lock files for this purpose. Some systems use other methods. | 299 | uses lock files for this purpose. Some systems use other methods. |
| 301 | 300 | ||
| 302 | If your system uses the `flock' system call for mail locking, | 301 | If your system uses the `flock' system call for mail locking, |
| 303 | define MAIL_USE_SYSTEM_LOCK in config.h and recompile movemail. | 302 | define MAIL_USE_SYSTEM_LOCK in config.h and recompile movemail. |