yeah, that was nicer. works fine. thanks /thomas
----- Original Message ----- From: "Sönke Ruempler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 4:40 PM Subject: [xmail] Re: sendmail + permissions > > > into the spool required by sendmail. Is there a better approach ? > > yes: > Replace or create a sendmail script > ----------------------------------- > > If your MUA (Kmail, for instance) interfaces (when sending mail) with the > MTA > using SMTP you can skip this step entirely, but some MUA's need a sendmail > script which you can create like this. > > The sendmail executable needs the SETGUID bit set to run as root and this > might > be a security hole. > > If you already have a sendmail script or program, move it aside (your's > might be > in /usr/bin or elsewhere): > > mv /usr/sbin/sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail.orig > > Copy Xmail's sendmail executable to an appropriate place, and set it's > SETUID > bit so that it runs as root. > > cp sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail.xmail > chmod +s /usr/sbin/sendmail.xmail > > And create a sendmail script to set the environment and call the executable: > > cat > /usr/sbin/sendmail << "EOF" > #!/bin/bash > # This script sets the environment for XMail's sendmail and then calls it. > # The script exists so that software that expects sendmail can use XMail. > > if [ -z $MAIL_ROOT ]; then > export MAIL_ROOT=/var/MailRoot > fi > /usr/sbin/sendmail.xmail $* > # End /usr/sbin/sendmail > EOF > > chmod +x /usr/sbin/sendmail > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
