> Why don't you just compile the correct mailbox path into procmail? Put
>
> #define MAILSPOOLHOME "/.mail/"
>
> at the top of src/authenticate.c to have procmail deliver to $HOME/.mail/
> (i.e., $HOME/.mail as a maildir folder) by default. It'll even create
> it as a directory for you then.
>
> Philip Guenther
Hmm... I've discovered a bug I think. I define MAILSPOOLHOME like
you suggest. Then I add a test user to the password file:
gtest:x:110:110:Test:/tmp/gtest:/bin/sh
And create his home directory /tmp/gtest. Then I run procmail from the
command line to simulate a maildir message delivery:
# procmail -f foo -d gtest
Now a directory called "/tmp/gtes" is created! The last character seems
to be stripped away. A system call trace looks like this:
stat("/tmp/gtes", 0xEFFFFB08) Err#2 ENOENT <-- LOOK HERE!!
setregid(110, -1) = 0
setreuid(110, -1) = 0
setuid(110) = 0
setegid(110) = 0
mkdir("/tmp/gtes", 0777) = 0 <-- LOOK HERE!!
lstat("/tmp/gtest/.mail", 0xEFFFF918) Err#2 ENOENT
mkdir("/tmp/gtest/.mail", 0777) = 0
lstat("/tmp/gtest/.mail", 0xEFFFF918) = 0
lstat("/tmp/gtest/.mail/new", 0xEFFFF8A8) Err#2 ENOENT
mkdir("/tmp/gtest/.mail/new", 0777) = 0
lstat("/tmp/gtest/.mail/new", 0xEFFFF8A8) = 0
lstat("/tmp/gtest/.mail/cur", 0xEFFFF8A8) Err#2 ENOENT
mkdir("/tmp/gtest/.mail/cur", 0777) = 0
lstat("/tmp/gtest/.mail/cur", 0xEFFFF8A8) = 0
lstat("/tmp/gtest/.mail/tmp", 0xEFFFF8A8) Err#2 ENOENT
mkdir("/tmp/gtest/.mail/tmp", 0777) = 0
lstat("/tmp/gtest/.mail/tmp", 0xEFFFF8A8) = 0
umask(077) = 077
open("/etc/procmailrc", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
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Gjermund Sorseth