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Date:      Thu, 31 Jan 2002 23:17:08 -0500
From:      "Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org>
To:        Gregory Neil Shapiro <gshapiro@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, anders@fix.no
Subject:   Re: unknown mailer error 126 : sendmail issue?
Message-ID:  <200202010417.g114H9q40660@lists.unixathome.org>
In-Reply-To: <15447.12457.481983.507238@horsey.gshapiro.net>
References:  <200201292323.g0TNNQE01519@lists.unixathome.org>

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On 29 Jan 2002 at 15:30, Gregory Neil Shapiro wrote:

> dan> If I were to not go the .mc route, what does the above statement
> dan> translate to in a .cf file?
> 
> Of course, that's not supported but if it were, I would tell you to change
> this line in your sendmail.cf:
> 
> #O DefaultUser=mailnull
> 
> to:
> 
> O DefaultUser=daemon
> 
> Keep in mind however, you will increase your system security if you stick
> with using mailnull and adapt your other applications instead of reverting
> sendmail back to using the daemon account.

The above has been working sort of OK so far.  There are still some 
issues:

 - /usr/local/majordomo cannot be chmod g+w: "550 5.2.4 
:include:/usr/local/majordomo/lists/unixathome.org/adsl... Cannot open 
/usr/local/majordomo/lists/unixathome.org/adsl: Group writable directory"
- /usr/local/majordomo must be writable by users majordom and by daemon

The resolution appears complex because I can't figure out which operations 
are being performed as majordomo and which as daemon.  I'm also unsure as 
to whether or not using mailnull merely shift the problem to another user 
id.

What would your advice be?[1]

At present most things are working and I haven't jumped into the details 
to see what works and why not.  That will have to wait until the weekend.  
I'm also wondering the majordomo port has already dealt with this issue.

[1] - those suggesting dropping sendmail and/or majordomo will be greeted 
with extreme prejudice.
-- 
Dan Langille
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