Install sendmail-8-12.10

[Vernon Brown_4]

After installing I find the modify date on the sendmail binary has not changed. Something did change; when I started /etc/init.d/sendmail start
it complained about /etc/mail/sendmail.cf does not exist. I did m4 sendmail.mc > sendmail.cf from /etc/mail then sendmail started with out complaint.

In checking back; I find the following error in the "sh Build install" printout.

install -c -o root -g smmsp -m 2555 sendmail /usr/sbin
install: invalid group `smmsp'
make[1]: *** [install-sendmail] Error 1


How to add the group 'smmsp' ? Is the error fatal ?

Thanks for any help.

[Mark Travis · Accepted solution]

groupadd smmsp

You should read the sendmail README(s) in full before building. Look for where it talks about sgid (set groupid) binaries.

[Vernon Brown_4]

Thanks; after adding group smmsp everything installs and seems to be working. The binary modify date shows that it was newly created.

[ger donohue_1]

Vernon

Client Side needs user smmsp and group smmsp to work for this version of sendmail on a default build. Also it does not support alias rebuild from the config file.

ger