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Date:      Mon, 16 Nov 1998 22:05:28 -0500
From:      "Norman C. Rice" <nrice@emu.sourcee.com>
To:        David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com>
Cc:        fabry@panam.edu, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: group writable directory error with majordomo
Message-ID:  <19981116220528.B5428@emu.sourcee.com>
In-Reply-To: <199811162124.NAA24758@pau-amma.whistle.com>; from David Wolfskill on Mon, Nov 16, 1998 at 01:24:31PM -0800
References:  <023001be11a5$798778b0$5531d5c6@earth.coserve.org> <199811162124.NAA24758@pau-amma.whistle.com>

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On Mon, Nov 16, 1998 at 01:24:31PM -0800, David Wolfskill wrote:
> >From: "Alain G. Fabry" <fabry@panam.edu>
> >Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 15:10:01 -0600
> 
> >I've updated our sendmail to 8.9.1. After this update, majordomo is giving
> >me an error.....
> 
> >550  :include:/usr/local/majordomo/lists/panam-alumni...cannot open
> >/usr/local/majordomo/lists/panam-alumni: Group writable directory
> >Message delivered to mailing list panam-alumni-outgoing
> >554 panam-alumni-outgoing... aliasing/forwarding loop broken
> 
> >With the update to sendmail 8.9.1 there is no more relaying on our server.
> 
> That may be true, but it's not clear to me that it's relevant.
> 
> The complaint is the group-writable directory,
> /usr/local/majordomo/lists/panam-alumni.


 chmod go-w /usr/local/majordomo/lists

should resolve the problem.
-- 
Regards,
Norman C. Rice, Jr.

> 
> Try ensurinig that majordomo owns the directory, and take away
> group-write premissions.  (Or change sendmail's configuration so it
> doesn't complain; see the "confUNSAFE_GROUP_WRITES" define.)
> 
> >All the subscribers to the list are from outside the domain except for
> >myself. Nobody, including myself cannot send any more mail to the list.
> >What could be the problem and how can i solve it?
> 
> Majordomo does not depend on "relaying" to accomplish its task.  Rather,
> it receives a message addressed to a specific address; in response, it
> sends a message to a list of addresses.
> 
> david
> -- 
> David Wolfskill		UNIX System Administrator
> dhw@whistle.com		voice: (650) 577-7158	pager: (650) 371-4621

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