mail: can't stat mailfile larger than 2gb

See if owner/group  is the issue.

chgroup mail /var/mail/ambi

i.e. if you create any file in /var/mail/filename where mail is not the group do you get the same issue.  
Is the file created by oracle has the correct format for a mailbox?

I think the normal location would be within $ORA_HOME/var/log
/var/mail should only have mailboxes created by MTA/MDA.

Hi,

I changed the group to mail, but the issue still there.

not sure what do you mean by correct format for oracle. when I create a file that's larger than 2gb for a test user, it'll also error out with the same error.

Is there any limitation that will prevent mailx to work if the file is larger than 2gb?

Thanks,

Bb

is the file that is being dropped/saved in /var/mail in a valid email mailbox format?

Only the MTA should be saving data in /var/mail nothing else should be saving files there if it is not a file in proper mailbox format.

/var/mail should not be used as a storage space for other applications.  Change the location where oracle saves whatever this file is to /opt/oracle/ or /var/oracle anywhere you want the file other than locations that have specific meaning/purpose.

I believe it's a typical  mail log created when oracle app sents out alert and it's just append to this log file.

Example:

User is testmail, when there’s no mailfile larger than 2gb, then it’s working fine:

-bash-3.00$ pwd
/var/mail
-bash-3.00$ ls -l
total 7072160
drwxrwxr-x   2 root     mail          96 Nov  9 13:56 :saved
-rw-rw----   1 oratest mail     2546647790 Nov 11 12:50 oratest
-rw-rw----   1 root     mail      528394 Dec 16  2009 root
-rw-------   1 mm other    1073741824 Nov 10 14:23  mm

-bash-3.00$
-bash-3.00$ id
uid=5011(testmail) gid=1(other)
-bash-3.00$ mail
No mail.                          <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< it works when there’s no file larger than 2gb for testmail
-bash-3.00$


When created file larger than 2gb, then it’ll failed with error:

-bash-3.00$ pwd
/var/mail
-bash-3.00$
-bash-3.00$ mkfile 2g testmail
-bash-3.00$
-bash-3.00$ ls -l
total 11266480
drwxrwxr-x   2 root     mail          96 Nov  9 13:56 :saved
-rw-rw----   1 oratest mail     2546647790 Nov 11 12:50 oratest
-rw-------   1 testmail   mail    2147483648 Nov 12 10:38 testmail       <<<<<<<<<<<<<<newly created 2gb file
-rw-rw----   1 root     mail      528394 Dec 16  2009 root
-bash-3.00$
-bash-3.00$
-bash-3.00$ mail
mail: Cannot stat mailfile                <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< then it doesn’t work.


So, is there any limitation in the /var/mail directory?


Thanks for the reply.

bb

issue resolved.

thanks for the help

b4

acceptefd