Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!wanginst!ucadmus!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!@CSNET-RELAY.ARPA,@ucsc.csnet From: conrad <@CSNET-RELAY.ARPA,@ucsc.csnet (Al Conrad):conrad@ucsc.cs Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: cannot write to /dev/console: Bad filenumber Message-ID: <6947@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Thu, 3-Jan-85 18:21:14 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.6947 Posted: Thu Jan 3 18:21:14 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Jan-85 23:43:14 EST Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 8 We also get the message "cannot write to /dev/console: Bad filenumber" every time we invoke mail. Our /etc/hosts file contains "127.1 localhost" as the very first line. We are on a network and the message gets printed whether one is mailing onto the local machine or a remote machine. Any help will, of course, be appreciated. We also hate sendmail.