Re: [cobalt-users] How do I clear a users e-mail out?

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Your mistake, I believe, Don...

Please see below...

At 11:29 AM 3/16/00 +0000, you wrote:

> > cwickham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > Simple command =)
> >
> > shell# > /var/spool/mail/user
> >
> > This takes an input value of nothing and over writes the file with it. Very
> > quick and simple way of getting rid of mail.
>
> Yup, that'll deal with that user's email, that's for sure.
> This is what happens (listing of part of mailspool):
>
> -rw-rw----   1 johndoe  mail       492065 Nov 16 10:44 johndoe
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root            0 Mar 16 11:36 user
>
> Slight ownership / permissions problem.

When you did this you didn't already have a mailbox for user.

If you did, doing the "# > /var/spool/mail/user would inherent all the 
permissions and ownership already in place.  It works fine.

Of course whenever one messes with a file, one should check permissions and 
ownership before exiting; too easy to "remember" incorrectly and create a 
problem <smile>.

Jeff

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Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>