group id not restored

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1 total messages Started by Herbert Fruechtl Wed, 27 Jan 1993 17:34

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Author: Herbert Fruechtl
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 17:34

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The problem:
After viewing mail with elm the error message
'Problems restoring permissions of folder /usr/spool/mail/username!'
occurs. Afterwards the group id of this file is set to the group of the user
instead of 'mail'. Incoming mail is no longer delivered. The problem can only
be removed by 'su root' and 'chgrp'.

Details of installation:
I have installed elm 2.4 on a network of IBM RS/6000 workstations. Having
started with PL3 I applied all patches up to PL20. I tried it using my own id
and root, answering the 'setgid' question in Configure with yes and no:
no difference! What's wrong?
Another strange thing (no problem as such, but maybe connected with the error
above): Although I enter a different directory during 'Configure' the binaries
are created in the elm/bin directory. Afterwards the directory I enter is
stored in 'config.sh'. Is it nevertheless ignored?

Elm is the most comfortable mailer I know, and I really would like to install
it on our system. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

  Herbert

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