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Old 06-26-2013
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Hello all.

I am currently using Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.8 (Tikanga).

I have multiple users on this system and intend to use nail command to send out emails.
When I enter the command:
Code:
nail <some-email-address>

its accepts the command and sends out an email.

But when I log into the system using orasoa user and try using the nail command, this is what I get;

Code:
ORASOA @titan3:/home/orasoa>nail <some-email-address>
temporary mail message file: Permission denied

The .bash_profile of orasoa user is:

Code:
ORASOA @titan3:/home/orasoa>cat .bash_profile 
# .bash_profile

# Get the aliases and functions
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
        . ~/.bashrc
fi

# User specific environment and startup programs

ORACLE_BASE=/appl/orasoa; export ORACLE_BASE
ORACLE_HOME=/appl/orasoa/product/10.1.3; export ORACLE_HOME
ORACLE_TERM=xterm; export ORACLE_TERM
PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH; export PATH
PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$ORACLE_HOME/jdk/bin:$ORACLE_HOME/dcm/bin:$ORACLE_HOME/opmn/bin:$ORACLE_HOME/OPatch:$PATH; export PATH

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib:/lib:/usr/lib; export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
CLASSPATH=$ORACLE_HOME/JRE:$ORACLE_HOME/jlib:$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/jlib:$ORACLE_HOME/opmn/bin; export CLASSPATH
export PS1='ORASOA '@`hostname`':$PWD>'
alias home='cd $ORACLE_HOME'
alias bin='cd $ORACLE_HOME/bin'
alias port='cd $ORACLE_HOME/install'
alias opmn='cd $ORACLE_HOME/opmn/bin'
alias conf='cd /appl/orasoa/tabs7'
alias apache='cd /appl/orasoa/product/10.1.3/Apache/Apache/conf'
alias csapp='cd /appl/orasoa/product/10.1.3/j2ee/tcs/applications/tcs/CS6.11.4.4/WEB-INF/classes/config'
#alias csapp7='cd /appl/orasoa/product/10.1.3/j2ee/tcs7/applications/tcs7/CS*/WEB-INF/classes/config'
alias ws='cd /appl/orasoa/product/10.1.3/j2ee/tcs_ws/applications/tcs_ws/TABSWebService/WEB-INF/lib'
alias mapping='cd /appl/orasoa/product/10.1.3/j2ee/tcs/applications/tcs/CS6.11.4.4/WEB-INF/classes/ws/its/messagehandling'
alias mapping7='cd /appl/orasoa/product/10.1.3/j2ee/tcs7/applications/tcs7/CS*/WEB-INF/classes/ws/its/messagehandling'
alias logs='cd /logs/tabs7'


#if [ $USER = "orasoa" ]; then
#  if [ $SHELL = "/bin/ksh" ]; then
#    ulimit -p 16384
#    ulimit -n 65536
#  else
#    ulimit -u 16384 -n 65536
#  fi
#fi

TMPDIR=$TMP; export TMPDIR
TMP=/tmp; export TMP
/usr/bin/script -a /var/tmp/session_log/$LOGNAME.$$;
exit


Why cant I send out Emails using nail command from this specific user? What seems to be the problem here?
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Old 06-26-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by Junaid Subhani
Code:
temporary mail message file: Permission denied

Why cant I send out Emails using nail command from this specific user? What seems to be the problem here?
Look at the error message above: it looks like this "nail" command prepares the mail in a temporary file before sending and the user "orasoa" is not allowed to write/create files where this is to happen.

Consult the documentation of the "nail" command about where it wants/needs to write these temporary files and give respective access rights to the user. Alternatively there might be a way to configure where "nail" writes these files. Configure it to use a path the user is allowed to write, then.

I hope this helps.

bakunin
 
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