Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 02:27:09 -0700 (PDT) From: igor@zynaps.ru To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: bin/4344: sendmail 8.8.7 under 2.2-970816-RELENG unable to write /var/run/sendmail.pid Message-ID: <199708200927.CAA11001@hub.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <199708200930.CAA11133@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 4344 >Category: bin >Synopsis: sendmail 8.8.7 under 2.2-970816-RELENG unable to write /var/run/sendmail.pid >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Aug 20 02:30:04 PDT 1997 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Igor Vinokurov >Organization: JSB Inkombank >Release: 2.2-970816-RELENG >Environment: FreeBSD escape.cs.ibank.ru 2.2-970816-RELENG FreeBSD 2.2-970816-RELENG #0: Wed Aug 20 11:46:49 MSD 1997 igor@escape.cs.ibank.ru:/usr/src/sys/compile/ESCAPE i386 >Description: after starting sendmail daemon I see this in /var/log/maillog: Aug 20 10:51:46 escape sendmail[6739]: starting daemon (8.8.7): SMTP+queueing@00:30:00 Aug 20 10:51:46 escape sendmail[6739]: unable to write /var/run/sendmail.pid >How-To-Repeat: use `grep "unable to write" /var/log/maillog` on your machine :) >Fix: Mix from sendmail FAQ: sendmail checks if it has write access to the directory in which it wants to create a file without granting special privileges to 'root'. To have sendmail run properly, the directory /var/run should be owned by root and be writable by its owner. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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