Problem in Linux System User Creation!

**honey bee** · 05-23-2006, 02:31 PM

Hello!

Initially when i used to create system users, they used to have a file in /var/spool/mail and the users were able to login the sendmail service through squirrelmail.I deleted some user files from /var/spool/mail and after that i am facing problems.

My users don't have their file in /var/spool/mail and they can't login the sendmail service through squirrelmail web interface.

May be i have changed any permissions for the mail folder or any other setting at the user creation is changed.Help me if you have any idea.

**Schotty** · 05-24-2006, 12:24 AM

What files did you delete?

**honey bee** · 05-24-2006, 01:08 PM

Hello!

In /var/spool/mail i had files named on my system user names.When i deletd the user these files were not deleted, so i deleted them.Can you tell me the default permissions for /var/spool/mail directory?I have them set to:

user=502
group=502

which appear strange to me and another thing is that when i create user from
System Settings -> Users and Groups, in the user propeties in AccountInfo
"Local password is lock" option is checked automatically.

**Schotty** · 05-25-2006, 08:40 PM

Well here it goes:

1) The ownership is as follows - user is the user, group is mail
2) The permissions are as follows - -rw-rw--- (660 numerically)

**honey bee** · 05-27-2006, 09:13 AM

AoA!

Thanks a lot for your reply.Change in permissions allowed my user to access the mail accounts.

**Schotty** · 05-27-2006, 04:26 PM

Cool.

Thought thats what it was. Although odd.

**honey bee** · 06-01-2006, 11:19 AM

Hello!

No that wasn't the only problem, there was also problem with the permissions for the home directory defined for each user.The user didn't had the right to access the home directory.