From owner-freebsd-security Tue Sep 10 19:55:39 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69B8B37B400 for ; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 19:55:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailsrv.otenet.gr (mailsrv.otenet.gr [195.170.0.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C5AB43E42 for ; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 19:55:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from hades.hell.gr (patr530-b229.otenet.gr [212.205.244.237]) by mailsrv.otenet.gr (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g8B2tOK9007460; Wed, 11 Sep 2002 05:55:26 +0300 (EEST) Received: from hades.hell.gr (hades [127.0.0.1]) by hades.hell.gr (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g8B2tJSx008259; Wed, 11 Sep 2002 05:55:20 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from charon@localhost) by hades.hell.gr (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g8AKvIOe006789; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 23:57:18 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 23:57:18 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Derek Ragona Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 4.6.2 sendmail anomaly Message-ID: <20020910205718.GO2926@hades.hell.gr> References: <5.1.1.6.2.20020910142211.01f5bb80@computinginnovations.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5.1.1.6.2.20020910142211.01f5bb80@computinginnovations.com> X-PGP-Fingerprint: C1EB 0653 DB8B A557 3829 00F9 D60F 941A 3186 03B6 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 2002-09-10 14:25, Derek Ragona wrote: > I just installed 4.6.2 on a system and now mail sent using the mail > command doesn't work. > > I get an error that the temp queue file cannot be created, > permission denied. > > I have tracked down what I think is the problem: > $ ls -al /usr/libexec/sendmail/ > total 587 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Sep 9 13:53 . > drwxr-xr-x 8 root wheel 1536 Sep 9 13:54 .. > -r-xr-sr-x 1 root 25 581728 Aug 14 14:21 sendmail > > Should sendmail be group setuid? Should it be group 25? What is group 25? Apparently, you lack the smmsp group. Here's output from my machine: $ cd /usr/libexec/sendmail $ ls -ld sendmail -r-xr-sr-x 1 root smmsp - 574404 Sep 10 00:31 sendmail Read /usr/src/UPDATING about the Sendmail changes that require the addition of a new user/group to the system. You should always consult /usr/src/UPDATING before doing a buildworld/installworld cycle... G.K. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message