Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 05:13:18 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Michael Grant <mg-fbsd3@grant.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: setuid sendmail Message-ID: <20030129031318.GD660@gothmog.gr> In-Reply-To: <200301281950.h0SJoF805949@splat.grant.org> References: <200301281950.h0SJoF805949@splat.grant.org>
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On 2003-01-28 20:50, Michael Grant <mg-fbsd3@grant.org> wrote: > It seems that sendmail is no longer setuid root. (I have 4.7 on one > box where it's not setuid and 4.2 stable on another box where it is). You should really read the instructions in /usr/src/UPDATING at the 4.7 installation. Especially the entry that starts with: : 20020404: : Due to the import of sendmail 8.12.2 (see 20020325 entry), a new : user and group are required in order for sendmail to run as a : set-group-ID binary. A 'make installworld' will use the new user : and group [...] > When I run mailq from my 4.7 box, I get a permission denied error > when run as a normal user. Is this now the expected behavior? Is > there any relatively secure way to make mailq work again from a > non-root user? This is a problem with the permissions of the mail queues. Do what UPDATING says and you still fix things. It works fine after you set everything up: $ id uid=1001(giorgos) gid=1001(giorgos) groups=1001(giorgos), 21(ftp) $ mailq -Ac /var/spool/clientmqueue is empty Total requests: 0 $ mailq /var/spool/mqueue is empty Total requests: 0 $ - Giorgos To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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