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Re: BOGUS.root.xxx files

2002-12-11 15:53:50
"David R. Linn" <drl(_at_)vuse(_dot_)vanderbilt(_dot_)edu> wrote:

[anj(_at_)vonneumann(_dot_)cs(_dot_)uakron(_dot_)edu wrote:]

That's helpful, but actually I'm looking for *why* they appear and how to
stop it from happening, if anyone can tell me.

From the procmail HISTORY file
1997/04/28: v3.11pre7
            Changes to procmail:
               - Cater for a race condition that occurs if two procmails
                 try to create an empty system mailbox (bogus BOGUS.* files)

As a guess, you share your mailspool via NFS and on one or more of the
nonservers someone is trying to run procmail as root


I was just coming back to post the following when I saw David's post.
The BOGUS issue has come up before on this list.  Here's one entry I
found quickly -- it may or may not be as informative as some others.
Suggest you search the archives further, but primarily, it does seem
like it could be a permissions issue.

http://www.rosat.mpe-garching.mpg.de/mailing-lists/procmail/2001-08/msg00051.html

-- 
dman


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