Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 12:11:58 -0600 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com> To: daniel B <danielb@pacex.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sendmail: /home/user forward problem Message-ID: <19991116121157.A28955@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911160854320.14694-100000@almazs.pacex.net>; from danielb@pacex.net on Tue, Nov 16, 1999 at 09:02:48AM -0800 References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911160854320.14694-100000@almazs.pacex.net>
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In the last episode (Nov 16), daniel B said: > I am getting the following error from sendmail: > > Sendmail.... forward /home/user/.forward Group Writable Directory > > Well; the directory does not exist in the specified location i.e 'ls > -la' in /home/user shows no .forward file. > > Is sendmail complaining it does not exist? if not why is it > complaining about a group writable directory that does not exist? It's complaining that /home/user is group writeable, so anyone in that group can create a .forward file and redirect that user's mail. If you set up your system to give each user their own group (and no-one else is in that group), you can set a flag in your sendmail.cf that disables the group-write check. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@emsphone.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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