> -----Original Message----- > From: Leo Huang > Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 10:18 AM > Subject: Re: Sendmail Problem > > > I've solved the problem in a very strange way! > > I used to "cp /usr/sbin/sendmail.sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail". > I removed /usr/sbin/sendmail and then > "ln -s /usr/sbin/sendmail.sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail". > Then the problem is solved! > > Any idea what's happening? > > Regards, > Leo
The sendmail executable needs to be installed "setgid" smmsp. You probably removed the setgid bit when you overwrote /usr/sbin/sendmail. FYI: from the sendmail documentation... The default configuration starting with sendmail 8.12 uses one sendmail binary which acts differently based on operation mode and supplied options. sendmail must be a set-group-ID (default group: smmsp, recommended gid: 25) program to allow for queueing mail in a group-writable directory. Two .cf files are required: sendmail.cf for the daemon and submit.cf for the submission program. The following permissions should be used: -r-xr-sr-x root smmsp ... /PATH/TO/sendmail drwxrwx--- smmsp smmsp ... /var/spool/clientmqueue drwx------ root wheel ... /var/spool/mqueue -r--r--r-- root wheel ... /etc/mail/sendmail.cf -r--r--r-- root wheel ... /etc/mail/submit.cf [Notice: On some OS "wheel" is not used but "bin" or "root" instead Steve Cowles -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
