The second possibility was it. Thanks.

On Tue, 19 Nov 2002 [log in to unmask] wrote:

> On Tue, 19 Nov 2002 14:11:59 CST, Michael Fay <[log in to unmask]>  said:
> > I'm trying to get listserv set up to on a new Solaris Box, running with
> > Postfix. I keep getting messages back with:
> >     "/export/listserv/bin/lsv_amin /export/listserv/spool listserv".
> > Command
> >     output: lsv_amin: Unable to deliver mail to: listserv lsv_amin:
> >     **Error(9)** A call to fopen() failed.
> >
> >
> > I have checked the permissions on the /export/listserv/spool (set to
> > 775).  Does anyone have any idea what an Error(9) is? And what I might
> > need to do to correct the situation?
>
> Errno 9 is "bad file descriptor" (see /usr/include/errno.h or perhaps
> /usr/include/sys/errno.h depending where Solaris puts it).  My first
> guess is that your copy of lsv_amin and lsv don't agree on the value
> of the SPOOL_DIR variable.
>
> Second possibility is that you didn't make lsv_amin set-UID to the Listserv
> userid:
>
> %  ls -l /usr/local/bin/lsv_amin
> -rwsr-xr-x   1 listserv system     25822 Jan 03 2002  /usr/local/bin/lsv_amin
>
>
>
> --
>                               Valdis Kletnieks
>                               Computer Systems Senior Engineer
>                               Virginia Tech
>
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