Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:37:05 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.6.2 sendmail anomaly Message-ID: <20020910193705.GA32731@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <5.1.1.6.2.20020910142211.01f5bb80@computinginnovations.com> References: <5.1.1.6.2.20020910142211.01f5bb80@computinginnovations.com>
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On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 02:25:26PM -0500, Derek Ragona wrote: > I just installed 4.6.2 on a system and now mail sent using the mail command > doesn't work. This doesn't really belong on -security. It should have been sent to -questions instead. > > 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? Yes, yes, and the line in /etc/groups should be "smmsp:*:25:" -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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