[Mimedefang] can not chdir to /var/spool/mqueue, goddammit!

[Wayne E. Smith]

Hi,

What version of Sendmail are you running? What are the permissions on
that directory? Who owns it? What are the permissions on the sendmail
file and who owns it?

Smitty

On Mon, 2003-10-13 at 21:55, Daniel Kasak wrote:
> Hi all.
> 
> No matter what I try, I can't get either mimedefang or php to use 
> sendmail. Mimedefang gives:
> 
> Oct 14 11:48:43 [mimedefang-multiplexor] Slave 5 stderr: can not 
> chdir(/var/spool/mqueue/): Permission denied
> Oct 14 11:48:43 [sendmail] NOQUEUE: SYSERR(defang): can not 
> chdir(/var/spool/mqueue/): Permission denied
> Oct 14 11:48:43 [mimedefang-multiplexor] Slave 5 stderr: Program mode 
> requires special privileges, e.g., root or TrustedUser.
> 
> whenever a virus is found.
> 
> I've tried adding the defang user to /etc/mail/trusted-users. I've tried 
> a whole host of other things too, ranging from changing the permission 
> on /var/spool/mqueue to running mimedefang as root.
> 
> Does someone know how to fix it ( and maybe php, which gives the same 
> error )?
> Pretty please?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Dan