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Subject: i386/10391: The default sendmail.cf file has an extra ' character on the line that defines the access database
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>Number:         10391
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       The default sendmail.cf file has an extra ' character on the line that defines the access database
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Mar  4 10:40:00 PST 1999
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Adrian Gonzalez
>Release:        3.1-RELEASE
>Organization:
Global PCNet
>Environment:
FreeBSD backup.globalpc.net 3.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE #0: Mon Feb 15 11:08:08 GMT 1999     jkh@usw3.freebsd.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC  i386

>Description:
The default sendmail.cf file defines an access database around line 100:

# Access list database (for spam stomping)
Kaccess hash -o /etc/mail/access'

There is a trailing ' character on the line, so the database must be
named  /etc/mail/access'.db

I don't know if this is a problem with the sendmail distribution or
with the config file getting messed up a bit just in freebsd 3.1.

In my particular case, I spent a few hours trying to figure out why 
my access.db wouldn't work, until I decided to remove the '-o' option
from the Kaccess line in sendmail.cf.  At that point, sendmail
complained that it couldn't find /etc/mail/access'.db which made me
look closer at sendmail.cf and figure out what was wrong.

>How-To-Repeat:
Try to use the access.db feature in sendmail

>Fix:
Remove the tick (') !
Maybe put this into the ERRATA.txt file for 3.1-RELEASE?


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