Action
The bug's permissions and ownership have to be checked. The mail directory should have the following permissions:
skywalker$ ls -lad /var/mail
drwxrwsrwt 3 root mail 512 Feb 10 14:40 /var/mail/
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while the mailbox itself should look something like this:
-rw------- 1 zvinakis mail 3206838 Feb 19 11:51 /var/mail/zvinakis
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If the directory's permissions are not set properly, issue these commands on the mail
server:
chmod a+t /var/mail
chmod g+s /var/mail
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If the permissions (or group) are not correct on the mailbox itself, using "joe" as an example mailbox, type:
To change the permissions, type: