Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 12:45:18 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Gary D Kline <kline@thought.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: why can't sendmail write? Message-ID: <3E9C371E.5020504@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20030415163638.GA86393@tao.thought.org> References: <20030415163638.GA86393@tao.thought.org>
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Gary D Kline wrote: > After having my DNS server fail late yesterday, and several > times reboot, I find that something is wrong with some permission > involving sendmail. > > Apr 15 01:09:12 sage sendmail[881]: h3F89CTR000881: SYSERR(admin): collect: > Cannot write ./dfh3F89CTR000881 (bfcommit, uid=1001, gid=25): Permission > denied > Apr 15 01:09:12 sage sendmail[881]: h3F89CTR000881: SYSERR(admin): queueup: > cannot create queue temp file ./tfh3F89CTR000881, uid=1001: Permission > denied > Apr 15 09:12:25 sage su: kline to root on /dev/ttyp1 > Apr 15 09:26:36 sage sendmail[1960]: h3FGQaHJ001960: SYSERR(kline): > collect: Cannot write ./dfh3FGQaHJ001960 (bfcommit, uid=1002, gid=25): > Permission denied > Apr 15 09:26:36 sage sendmail[1960]: h3FGQaHJ001960: SYSERR(kline): > queueup: cannot create queue temp file ./tfh3FGQaHJ001960, uid=1002: > Permission denied > > is what I found is messages. The uid=1001 is, as evident, > "admin"; uid=1002, is "kline", and gid=25 is smmsp. > > Can anybody clue me in on what I need to fix? Yes. The error messages clearly state that there is a permission problem. Off the top of my head ... check the directories in /var/spool clientmqueue appears to need rwxrwx--- perms with owner/group as smmsp:smmsp -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com
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