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тАО05-11-2006 08:18 PM
тАО05-11-2006 08:18 PM
We have an rx2600 that is giving the following error message in /var/adm/syslog/mail.log:
# /sbin/init.d/sendmail start
/etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 698: fileclass: cannot open '/etc/mail/sendmail.cw':
World writable directory
WARNING: World writable directory /
451 4.0.0 /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 698: fileclass: cannot open '/etc/mail/sen
dmail.cw': World writable directory
Looking through the forum this appears to indicate a file permission problem - but I've checked all of them and they all appear to be ok: none of the following files are world or group writeable.
/
/etc (bin:bin 555)
/etc/mail (bin:bin 555)
/etc/mail/*
/var
/var/mail
/var/mail/*
/var/spool
/var/spool/mqueue
/home
/home/*
/home/*/.forward
Yet everytime I try and start sendmail I keep getting the same error message as posted at the top of this entry ..... can anyone help???
Many thanks,
Solved! Go to Solution.
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тАО05-11-2006 08:23 PM
тАО05-11-2006 08:23 PM
Re: sendmial not starting
I have set mine up as follows:
Dr-xr-xr-x root bin etc
Drwxr-xr-x root bin mail
-r-x-r-s-r-x root smmsp /usr/sbin/sendmail
drwxrwx--- smmsp smmsp /var/spool/clientqueue
drwxr-xr-x root bin /var/spool/mqueue
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тАО05-11-2006 08:34 PM
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тАО05-11-2006 08:54 PM
тАО05-11-2006 08:54 PM
Re: sendmial not starting
Permissions are:
luna# ls -lad /
drwxrwxr-x 24 root root 8192 May 11 18:36 /
luna# ls -lad /etc
dr-xr-xr-x 29 bin bin 8192 May 11 18:41 /etc
Have changed / to:
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 8192 May 11 18:36 /
Hurray!!!!!!! Have started sendmail .... Thank you so much!!!! I was so engrossed checking ....mail files I overlooked / .... doh!!!!
Cheers everyone points on the way!!! :)
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тАО05-11-2006 08:59 PM
тАО05-11-2006 08:59 PM
Re: sendmial not starting
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 8192 May 11 18:36 /
now able to start sendmail. (also now able to spell sendmail and not sendmial oops!!!)
Thanks all!!