[maildropl] maildrop from command line

[Mark N. <gm...@ti...>]

In order to troubleshoot a delivery problem I tried this as root

[root@tesla ~]# maildrop -d steve -V 7 < msg.txt
maildrop: Changing to /home/steve
Message start at 0 bytes, envelope sender=steve
/etc/maildroprc(5): SHELL="/bin/bash"
/etc/maildroprc(6): SENDMAIL="/usr/sbin/sendmail -oi -t"
/etc/maildroprc(7): Opening logfile /var/log/maildrop.log
maildrop: Unable to create log file.

The error message about creating the log file appears to be bogus because the user 
"steve" does have write access to the log file and receives other messages without 
any problem.  In fact, I can su to the user "steve" and run the command again and the 
message will be delivered.

Any ideas appreciated,
Mark