Cannot open mailbox /var/mail/USER: Permission denied No mail for USER

stimpack · 10-19-2013, 06:35 PM

When i run the command. su - fmaster then i type mail to check emails for this box

I get the error:

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Cannot open mailbox /var/mail/fmaster: Permission denied No mail for fmaster

I tried to execute this (solution) that i found in other forums but i still get the same error..

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sudo touch /var/mail/$USER
sudo chown $USER:mail /var/mail/$USER
sudo chmod o-r /var/mail/$USER
sudo chmod g+rw /var/mail/$USER

I need help im stuck at this point plz any idea is appreciated

Thanks,

sag47 · 10-19-2013, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by stimpack

I need help im stuck at this point plz any idea is appreciated

Give us more information. What distro/version do you run? Do you run with SELinux enabled (if so then restorecon)?

stimpack · 10-20-2013, 04:28 AM

im using UBUNTU 10.04 LTS, and i didnt use SELinux.

TB0ne · 10-20-2013, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by stimpack

When i run the command. su - fmaster then i type mail to check emails for this box
I get the error:

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Cannot open mailbox /var/mail/fmaster: Permission denied No mail for fmaster

Maybe, there is NO MAIL for that user, as the error message tells you???

Quote:

I tried to execute this (solution) that i found in other forums but i still get the same error..

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sudo touch /var/mail/$USER

sudo chown $USER:mail /var/mail/$USER

sudo chmod o-r /var/mail/$USER

sudo chmod g+rw /var/mail/$USER

I need help im stuck at this point plz any idea is appreciated

When you executed those commands, did you replace the $USER with the name of the user? Such as 'fmaster'??? And please spell out your words.

stimpack · 10-20-2013, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by TB0ne

Maybe, there is NO MAIL for that user, as the error message tells you???

When you executed those commands, did you replace the $USER with the name of the user? Such as 'fmaster'??? And please spell out your words.

Yes i have replaced $USER with the name of the user.

By the way i have followed this guide

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https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PostfixBasicSetupHowto

which create new user with this command

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sudo useradd -m -s /bin/bash fmaster
sudo passwd fmaster

then when they check mails with fmaster they just type mail and works fine.. i have followed the same steps but in vain .

The second thing that i want to mention is that the gmail fail to send an email to fmaster@mydomain.com due to this

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maildir delivery failed: create maildir file
    /home/fmaster/Maildir/tmp/1382311225.P9809.mail.mydomain.com: Not a
    directory

TB0ne · 10-21-2013, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by stimpack

Yes i have replaced $USER with the name of the user.
By the way i have followed this guide

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https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PostfixBasicSetupHowto

which create new user with this command

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sudo useradd -m -s /bin/bash fmaster

sudo passwd fmaster

then when they check mails with fmaster they just type mail and works fine.. i have followed the same steps but in vain .

The second thing that i want to mention is that the gmail fail to send an email to fmaster@mydomain.com due to this

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maildir delivery failed: create maildir file

    /home/fmaster/Maildir/tmp/1382311225.P9809.mail.mydomain.com: Not a

    directory

Right. Again, that user HAS NO MAIL...you didn't mention that you wanted to set up a mail server to accept incoming emails from an external source in your previous posts. Have you configured anything to let email through your firewall from external sources?? Have you tried sending local mail on the system to that user? Unless you have some sort of relay host/MX records/other-pieces that are REQUIRED for email to be sent/received correctly, things won't work.
http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials...ix-mail-server
http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24595