Re: 4.6.2 sendmail anomaly

From: Giorgos Keramidas (keramida@ceid.upatras.gr)
Date: 09/10/02 

Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 23:57:18 +0300
From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com>

On 2002-09-10 14:25, Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> wrote:
> I just installed 4.6.2 on a system and now mail sent using the mail
> command doesn't work.
>
> I get an error that the temp queue file cannot be created,
> permission denied.
>
> I have tracked down what I think is the problem:
> $ ls -al /usr/libexec/sendmail/
> total 587
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Sep 9 13:53 .
> drwxr-xr-x 8 root wheel 1536 Sep 9 13:54 ..
> -r-xr-sr-x 1 root 25 581728 Aug 14 14:21 sendmail
>
> Should sendmail be group setuid? Should it be group 25? What is group 25?

Apparently, you lack the smmsp group. Here's output from my machine:

        $ cd /usr/libexec/sendmail
        $ ls -ld sendmail
        -r-xr-sr-x 1 root smmsp - 574404 Sep 10 00:31 sendmail

Read /usr/src/UPDATING about the Sendmail changes that require the
addition of a new user/group to the system. You should always consult
/usr/src/UPDATING before doing a buildworld/installworld cycle...

G.K.

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