mail: permission denied!

[T G Manikandan]

I am not sure where you mail box resides.
Can you check /usr/mail for the same above suggestions

[Lorenzo Facello]

ll -ald mail
lrwxrwxrwt 1 root sys 9 Nov 3 18:05 mail -> /var/mail


ll -ald fabrab
-rw-rw---- 1 fabrab mail 0 Feb 12 12:12 fabrab (the user incriminated!!)

??

[Elmar P. Kolkman]

After doing the 'su - fabreb', check your ENV variable MAIL. It should be '/var/mail/fabreb'. If not, it might try to open /var/mai/root, which is not allowed...

[Berlene Herren]

Run this:

#sendmail -v -d44.99 root > /tmp/permtest

#sendmail -v -d44.99 username > /tmp/permtest

And check all permissions.

Berlene