Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 07:32:56 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: Gerard Seibert <gerard-seibert@suscom.net> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: SendMail Error Message Message-ID: <20050704193256.GI21173@osiris.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <Pine.WNT.4.63.0507040855590.2300@Treneq> References: <Pine.WNT.4.63.0507040855590.2300@Treneq>
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On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 09:03:08AM -0400, Gerard Seibert wrote:
> For no apparent reason, the following error message is suddenly appearing
> on my computer monitor.
>
> # Jul 4 07:48:31 beerstud sm-mta[5876]: j64BIV2C005802: SYSERR(root):
> hash map "Alias0": unsafe map file /etc/mail/aliases.db: World writable
> directory
>
> I checked, and the directory is set at 0755. I never altered it or
> anything, so why is it suddenly giving me this message? In addition, what
> do I have to do to correct the situation?
You have to check /etc/mail AND /etc AND /. All the way to the top.
Cheers.
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