Anthony, > Jan 10 09:44:42 panther amavis[16260]: (26708-17) (!!)run_command: child > process [16260]: Can't open /dev/null: Permission denied at /.../amavisd > line 2354.
> At the time that this happened, /dev/null was showing permissions of 0660. > A "temporary fix" (and the one I employed in December) was to 'chomd 666 > /dev/null' and away it went. Silly. Why would /dev/null be read-protected for non-owner (and non-group)??? > But now the question is: is this really the best solution, and if it is a > permissions thing, why would there be any change? If it isn't, is this in > any way related to Amavis, or is it pointing to a bigger problem? > * Fedora Core 4, Amavisd-New 2.4.4 (w/SA 3.1.7), file 4.13 Protection on /dev/null should be 0666 (and it is, on all systems I can get hold of). Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ AMaViS-user mailing list AMaViS-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amavis-user AMaViS-FAQ:http://www.amavis.org/amavis-faq.php3 AMaViS-HowTos:http://www.amavis.org/howto/
