Can't run unzip

Spicer, Kevin Kevin.Spicer at BMRB.CO.UK
Tue Feb 10 15:07:59 GMT 2004


Jan-Peter Koopmann wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> never noticed this before:
> 
> 2004-02-10T15:51:31+0100 dns mail.warning MailScanner
> MailScanner[26580]: ERROR: Can\'t run unzip
> 2004-02-10T15:51:31+0100 dns mail.warning MailScanner
> MailScanner[26580]: ERROR: Can\'t execute some unpacker. Check paths
> and permissions on the temporary directory.
> 
> 
> Any hints? Unzip is installed and works on the box.
> 
If you're using an MTA that drops privilege, so MailScanner is running as a user other then root, it possible your environment may set a temp directory in /root/tmp.  you need to unset this variable (TMPDIR?) in the MailScanner init script.



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