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I'm following directions on configuring Dovecot MDA and the instructions are telling me that /var/mail should have the following permissions:
drwxrwsr-x 2 root mail
When I ran ls -ld /var/mail the permissions were:
drwxrwsr-x 3 vmail vmail
So I used chown to change ownership to root and mail, as per instructions and I think this will work. Permissions are now:
drwxrwsr-x 3 root mail
What I don't understand is what is the difference between the 2 and the 3? I've searched and searched and no site seems to have an answer. I know some of you guys are linux pros, could you tell me? Would it make a difference as far as permissions go (2 vs 3)? And could I use chmod to change it? Thanks.
Just found it: it appears to mean file count and I verified that there are three files in /var/mail. My last question: should this make a difference, as far as configuring mail? This is my second time going through the process and I think this is what messed me up the last time. – Steve – 2013-08-06T10:46:40.987