sendmail error: hash map "Alias0": unsafe map file /etc/mail/aliases.db: Permission denied

[jmckinzie]

Team,

I am getting this error while trying to run the newaliases command:

# /usr/sbin/newaliases
warning: cannot lock /etc/mail/aliases: Error 0
hash map "Alias0": unsafe map file /etc/mail/aliases.db: Permission denied
dbm map "Alias0": unsafe map file /etc/mail/aliases: Permission denied
WARNING: cannot open alias database /etc/mail/aliases
Cannot create database for alias file /etc/mail/aliases
root@smtmwq1:/etc/mail


installed mail Packages:

# swlist -l product | grep -i mail
MailUtilities B.11.11 User mail agents and related tools
PHNE_35950 1.0 sendmail(1M) 8.9.3 patch
# ll
total 320
-rw-r--r-- 1 root bin 2029 Jul 23 2008 aliases
-rw-r--r-- 1 root bin 24576 Sep 22 10:35 aliases.db
-r--r--r-- 1 bin bin 10222 Nov 14 2000 mailcap
-r--r--r-- 1 bin bin 94425 Apr 12 01:30 sendmail.cf
-r--r--r-- 1 bin bin 702 Jul 2 2008 sendmail.cw
-r--r--r-- 1 bin bin 1012 Nov 14 2000 service.switch


Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

The first thing I'd do is visit http://software.hp.com
Search for sendmail

Download the depot.

swinstall the depot.

Then I'd re-run the test and check directory permissions.

SEP