Sendmail is complainging about the '/etc/mail/aliases' file because it is owned
by UUCP not ROOT. Also, sendmail is SUID'd to UUCP, which is not normal.
Sendmail considers any file writeable by anybody but root to be unsafe, unless
built to not do the checking.
There isn't any mention which version of sendmail that is being run, but from
some of the messages, I would guess somewhere around 8.8.0 or better. As far
as the '$j' variable nto being set, try running sendmail with the ' -bt'
option, and have it display what '$j' (FQDN) is currently set to, and while
there check what $m (domain name) is set to. If it is just the unqualified
host name, then you may want to add a line like "Dj$w.yourdomain.com" to
the sendmail.cf file. If $m isn't set, or not set correctly, add a line like
"Dmyourdomain.com'.
I would also recommend getting a copy of the O'Reilly book "Sendmail" second
edition.
--
Chris Riney
Tandy Information Services
UNIX vetran.
W Joel Gridley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yes, could someone please answer Mr. Diefenbach? He has
> asked this question before, and I was dissappointed to see
> that no one answered, as I am also having issues regarding this.
>
> At 10:11 AM 10/4/99 -0500, Les Diefenbach wrote:
> >I'm running Gauntlet 5.0 on Solaris 2.6 and when I give the newaliases
> command
> >I get the following error:
> >
> ># newaliases
> >WARNING: local host name (hades) is not qualified; fix $j in config file
> >dbm map "Alias0": unsafe map file /etc/mail/aliases
> >WARNING: cannot open alias database /etc/mail/aliases
> >Cannot create database for alias file /etc/mail/aliases: No such device
> >#
> >
> >I want to add an alias for firewalladmin in the alias file to send
> >mail to my real email address. Right now, the messages are bouncing because
> >firewalladmin is a unknown user.
> >
> >Permissions are as follows:
> >
> >drwxr-xr-x 2 bin mail 512 Oct 4 09:04 .
> >drwxr-xr-x 28 root sys 4096 Oct 4 09:06 ..
> >-r--r--r-- 1 root root 94 Apr 14 08:32 .MAP
> >-r--r--r-- 1 root other 94 Sep 23 10:01 .MAP.PRE5.0
> >-rw-r--r-- 1 bin bin 153 Sep 22 10:51 Mail.rc
> >-rw-r--r-- 1 uucp root 1013 Oct 4 09:21 aliases
> >-rwxr-xr-x 1 uucp other 1201 Sep 23 10:01 aliases.PRE5.0
> >-rwxr-xr-x 1 uucp root 0 Sep 22 11:03 aliases.dir
> >-rw-r--r-- 1 uucp root 1011 Oct 4 08:57 aliases.old
> >-rwxr-xr-x 1 uucp root 1024 Sep 22 11:03 aliases.pag
> >-rw-r--r-- 1 bin bin 1829 Sep 22 10:37 mailx.rc
> >-r--r--r-- 1 bin bin 11973 Sep 22 10:37 main.cf
> >-rwxr-xr-x 1 root other 26865 Sep 22 11:29 main.cf.new
> >-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15285 Oct 4 09:26 sendmail.cf
> >-r--r--r-- 1 root other 27176 Sep 23 10:01 sendmail.cf.PRE5.0
> >-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15285 Oct 4 08:57 sendmail.cf.old
> >-rw-r--r-- 1 root bin 4911 Sep 21 03:37 sendmail.hf
> >-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32 Sep 22 11:43 sendmail.pid
> >-r--r--r-- 1 bin bin 9197 Sep 22 10:37 subsidiary.cf
> >-rwxr-xr-x 1 root other 27176 Sep 22 11:29 subsidiary.cf.new
> >
> >
> >/usr/lib/sendmail permissions are as follows:
> >
> >
> >-rwsr-xr-x 1 uucp bin 346984 Sep 21 03:37 /usr/lib/sendmail
> >
> >
> >--
> >Thanks Les
> >==================================================================
> >Computer Sciences Corporation
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >"As a matter of fact, I do have a plan - and it's so cunning,
> >you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel."
> >==================================================================
> >
> >-
>
>
>
>
> Joel Gridley, CCNA "Be the packet."
> Network Security/Firewall Specialist
> GTE Internetworking, "Powered by BBN."
> Burlington, MA
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