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Subject: Re: .forward file being skipped?
From: Andy Dills (andyxecu.net)
Date: Fri Jun 02 2000 - 16:52:18 CDT

On Fri, 2 Jun 2000, Archie Harris wrote:

> Under what circumstances might a .forward file's instructions be skipped?
> This problem seems to be unique to one account on a server. I know I'm
> not being specific enough, but I'm just putting the question out in case
> there's some obvious answer I'm overlooking while I continue
> troubleshooting... Could it be file permissions?

Yes...the users ~ needs to o+x, and the .forward file needs to be o+r.

(I prefer 711 and 644, but that may vary depending on your setup).

Andy

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