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From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Can't su or read mail: permissions broken?
Date: 12 Jan 1994 20:48:55 GMT
Organization: Montana State University - Bozeman MT
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In article <MARK.684.2D340D59@ardsley.business.uwo.ca>,
Mark_Bramwell <MARK@ardsley.business.uwo.ca> wrote:
>I have just loaded up FreeBSD from freebsd.cdrom.com
>
>The install was fairly clean.  No problems.  However, I seem to have a 
>permissions problem.  Other than root, no one can mail.

Please explain in more detail?  What happens when you type
% mail user
[ assuming user is a valid username ]

>Giving /var/mail 777 fixes it but giving it read/write for the world does 
>not.  The X bit must be turned on.  I have tried all sorts of combos and 
>only 777 makes email works.

This should not be necessary.

>Also, I have put myself in the wheel group, yet I can not su.
>I think it is again a permission problem.  Meaning, If I give myself full 
>rwx to /etc I would be able to su.

Logout and login again.  The group changes don't go into affect until you
login.

>Is freebsd considered stable?

Very much so.  I had little to no problems with 1.0.2.  

>I am looking for a box that will give lan people net access via unix.
>ie: ftp, telnet, gopher, plus I would run gopherd and a www daemon.

Sounds like FreeBSD would fit the bill very well.


Nate

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