Re: [vps-mail] lock failure

[Sikaspam <sikaspam@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark Moulder wrote:

> Found 2147483643 (+5) suspicious  chars: clean 
>      procmail: Lock failure on "/var/mail/worms.lock"
> procmail: Error while writing to "/var/mail/worms"

Mark,

I don't see the definition of $BADCHR anywhere (hence the really big 
number of matches?) or maybe you didn't put it at the top of your post?

These lock failure errors can be a pain, they are usually related to 
DROPping PRIVileges or not having write access to the /var/mail 
directory. I wonder (aloud) if one can't create and specify a lock 
directory like $LOCKS="$HOME/procmail/locks" where everyone can write?

then,

:0:$LOCKS/$LOGIN.lock

comments anyone?
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