In message <199605241717.NAA17412@tequila.randomc.com>, Tequila System Admin wr ites: >I am running Solaris2.4 on a Sparc 10 and I have noticed when using a mailtool >( I'm the root user here ) and reading others' mail, when I have finished, it >changes the ownership of the /var/mail/'user' file to root. Is this a bug or >a 'feature' of Solaris 2.4 ? mailtool's not designed to read other people's e-mail. It's designed to read _your_ email. You're root, therefore don't be surprised if it rewrites the file and thus the new file is owned by root. (I'll be nice and withhold my usual flames for admins who log in and use root as their main account, especially on systems which other people use) --Dave