[Mimedefang] Install Help

[Ray Spinhirne]

Well

As you can see from my other post I'm no expert on this.

However, below you use the "-U mimedefang" switch to run as mimedefang.

Is the user really mimedefang (the howto recommends defang).   
If so does mimedefang have access to the spool directory.

Ray Spinhirne

> 
> Okay,
> I just went through the install for MimeDefang.  I am running it on a Redhat
> 7.3 system with Sendmail 8.12.5.  When I start up Sendmail, I get the
> following error in my maillog log file:
> 
> Aug  9 14:47:30 apple sm-mta[14686]: g79LlUMk014686: Milter (mimedefang): to
> error state
> 
> 
> And, then I look in my messages log file and find this:
> 
> Aug  9 14:38:44 apple sendmail: WARNING: Xmimedefang: local socket name
> /var/spool/MIMEDefang/mimedefang.sock missing
> 
> 
> And, here is a copy of my startup script:
> 
>                         # Start Multiplexor
>                         echo -n "Starting mimedefang-multiplexor: "
>                         daemon $MULTIPLEX -x $MAX_SLAVES \
>                                 -m $MIN_SLAVES \
>                                 -b $BUSY_TIMEOUT \
>                                 -i $IDLE_TIMEOUT \
>                                 $DO_LOGGING $STATS_LOG $FLUSH_STATS \
>                                 -s /var/spool/MIMEDefang/mdefang-mx.sock -p
> /var
> /spool/MIMEdefang-mx.pid -U mimedefang
>                         RETVAL=$?
>                         echo ""
>                         [ $RETVAL -ne 0 ] && exit 1
> 
>                         echo -n "Starting mimedefang: "
>                         daemon $MIMEDEFANG -m
> /var/spool/MIMEDefang/mdefang-mx.s
> ock \
>                                 -p /var/spool/MIMEDefang/mimedefang.sock
> $SENDER
> _CHECK $RELAY_CHECK \
>                                 -p /var/spool/MIMEDefang/mimedefang.pid -U
> mimed
> efang
>                         RETVAL=$?
>                         echo ""
>                         [ $RETVAL -ne 0 ] && exit 1
> 
> 
> Can somebody be so kind as to tell me what I am doing wrong?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jeff
> -- 
> Jeff Grossman (jeff at grossman.name)
> 
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