Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 12:49:54 +0000 From: ian j hart <ianjhart@ntlworld.com> To: Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au> Cc: Bill Swingle <unfurl@dub.net>, pan <pan@syix.com>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: another way 4.5s is broken (user smmsp -> make installworld) Message-ID: <3CA5B472.88306E1C@ntlworld.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0203301354560.26731-100000@backup.af.speednet.com.au>
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Andy Farkas wrote: > > On 29 Mar 2002, Bill Swingle wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 06:07:49PM -0800, pan wrote: > > > What the problem was is that UPDATING and other notes mention > > > not that smmsp and mailmull are needed just to cvsup to stable > > > (haven't noticed anything here in stable about smmsp or mailnull > > > either) > > > > I agree, this should have been added to UPDATING. I'm sure this is just > > a symptom of warner being bogged down at the moment. Don't get too > > steamed :) > > > > -Bill > > > > BTW, this bit me too. > > > > I have marks as well. Perhaps this will help: > > --- UPDATING-orig Sat Mar 30 14:00:01 2002 > +++ UPDATING Sat Mar 30 14:32:19 2002 > @@ -9,6 +9,16 @@ > the common items quick how-tos, followed by entries for versions of > -current prior to 4.0 Release. > > +20020330: > + Due to the import of sendmail 8.12.2 two new usernames are > + required in order for it to run as a set-group-ID binary. > + Unfortunately, a 'make installworld' will attempt to set the > + owner:group of /var/spool/clientmqueue to the new names and > + will fail if nonexistent. > + > + Username 'smmsp' and groupname 'smmsp' should be created before > + doing an installworld. > + > 20020325: > sendmail 8.12.2 has been imported. The sendmail binary is no > longer a set-user-ID root binary and the infrastructure to support > As Greg Shapiro pointed out to me, this is in the handbook, section 19.4.3. This will only bite you if your system is prior to 4.5-RELEASE. That's when the new users were added. While I'm here 4.5 RELEASE doesn't seem to be documented in UPDATING. -- ian j hart To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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