https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/wierd-sendmail-problems/m-p/4965719#M46837 O.K, I solved it. For those who have similar problems, check your parent dirs permission and root dir permission.<BR /> Wed, 08 Mar 2006 20:14:22 GMT K.C. Chan 2006-03-08T20:14:22Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/wierd-sendmail-problems/m-p/4965718#M46836 I am having sendmail problem, changing perm to 777 doesn't help, it still gives the same error:<BR /><BR />Shutting down sendmail: [FAILED]<BR />Shutting down sm-client: [FAILED]<BR />Starting sendmail: 451 4.0.0 /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 91: fileclass: cannot open '/etc/mail/local-host-names': Group writable directory<BR />451 4.0.0 /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 588: fileclass: cannot open '/etc/mail/trusted-users': Group writable directory<BR /> [FAILED]<BR />Starting sm-client: /etc/mail/submit.cf: line 545: fileclass: cannot open '/etc/mail/trusted-users': Group writable directory<BR /> [FAILED]<BR /><BR /><BR />any idea? Thanks. Wed, 08 Mar 2006 19:53:17 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/wierd-sendmail-problems/m-p/4965718#M46836 K.C. Chan 2006-03-08T19:53:17Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/wierd-sendmail-problems/m-p/4965719#M46837 O.K, I solved it. For those who have similar problems, check your parent dirs permission and root dir permission.<BR /> Wed, 08 Mar 2006 20:14:22 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/wierd-sendmail-problems/m-p/4965719#M46837 K.C. Chan 2006-03-08T20:14:22Z