07-11-2012
777 is not the magic sledgehammer to fix all permissions problems. It generally causes more problems than it solves by opening permissions far too wide, not to mention. It's also a way of avoiding the problem of figuring out the proper way to do it.
What permissions and owners did that folder used to be?
What permissions and ownerships do you get when a new user creates a folder?
Adding users to the correct groups, etc. may allow them to access the root folder, as well as folders they create.
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mhpath
mhpath(1mh) mhpath(1mh)
Name
mhpath - print full pathnames of MH messages and folders
Syntax
mhpath [ +foldername ] [ msgs ] [ -help ]
Description
Use the command to display the full pathname of the specified folder. If you do not specify a folder, displays the pathname of the current
folder.
If you specify a message with its message number, displays the pathname of the specified message. You can also specify a number of mes-
sages, or a range of messages. If the top of the range that you specify is greater than the last message in the folder, displays as much
of the specified range as possible.
Additionally can take a keyword or a sequence name. The following keywords are acceptable:
first The first message in the folder.
last The last message in the folder.
new The message after the last message in the folder. You cannot use new as part of a message range.
cur The current message in the folder.
prev The message before the current message.
next The message after the current message.
all All of the messages in the folder.
Options
-help Prints a list of the valid options to this command.
Examples
In the following example, displays message 3 in the folder
% mhpath +inbox 3
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The following example displays the pathname of messages 2 to 5 in the current folder:
% mhpath 2-5
/r/phyl/Mail/inbox/2
/r/phyl/Mail/inbox/3
/r/phyl/Mail/inbox/4
/r/phyl/Mail/inbox/5
Profile Components
Path: To determine your Mail directory
Files
The user profile.
See Also
folder(1mh)
mhpath(1mh)