[Mimedefang] cound not create directory /var/mdefang-nnnnnnnn-0

Guy Chapman guy.chapman at spamcop.net
Sun Oct 19 08:21:39 EDT 2003


Thanks, that did the trick perfectly.  D'oh!  I should have tried that 
first.

Maybe I inadvertently added a trailing slah when I did the original 
build?  Or maybe not.

Anyway, it's fixed now - thanks again.

Guy

> Beyond missing a step, it sounds like this is a mimedefang compilation
> issue.  My best recommendation is to try nuking your source dir (just for
> safety), re-untar and try the configure again/make/make install.  Perhaps
> you ran the config first and it cached something is my thought.

>> I have installed MIMEDefang according to the INSTALL etc. (well, I think
> so, anyway) and am getting the usual 451 4.7.1 error.  I see from
> /var/spool/maillog that the problem is apparently:

>> Oct 17 23:24:12 <hostname> mimedefang[2811]: h9HMNnfU002810: Could not
>>   create directory /var/mdefang-3F906C0C-0: Permission denied




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