mail: permission denied!

[Lorenzo Facello]

From my server hp9000 Hp-ux 11.00, if I make:
su - user
I recived the above message, so I can't read my
mails with elm or other client.
The other users are ok!
Any suggestions?
Regds
L.

[Karthik S S]

cd /var/mail
more username

-Karthik S S

[Lorenzo Facello]

Ok!
But I need that my customer reads mail with his client
(Outlook)
It seems that the session goes in jam!!
blocked!!

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi,

Check the permissions of the mail file in /var/mail should be username:mail.

Regards,
Robert-Jan

[Karthik S S]

Check the permissions,

/var/mail should have,
#ll -d /var/mail
drwxrwxr-x 2 bin mail 96 Feb 5 21:21 /var/mail
#

/var/mail/user_name should have,

-rw-rw---- 1 user_name mail xxxx Apr 11 2003 user_name

Also check if sendmail is running.

-Karthik S S

[T G Manikandan]

check /var/mail permissions.

[Lorenzo Facello]

I have right permission
/var/mail ---> bin mail
/var/mail/user ----> username mail
????

[Vijaya Kumar_3]

I think it is a login problem.

Can you just check whether this user is able to login to the system using telnet/ssh.

Also, check /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log during login

Vijay

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi L,

Could you check the permissions of /var and /var/mail.

# ls -ald /var
dr-xr-xr-x 22 bin bin 1024 Dec 8 17:04 /var
# ls -ald /var/mail
drwxrwxr-x 2 bin mail 1024 Feb 12 11:42 /var/mail

Regards,
Robert-Jan

[Lorenzo Facello]

I've tried, and all it's ok!
other suggestions???
Thanxs