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

[Kevin A. McGrail]

No worries though it's actually a common problem.  When in doubt with a lot
of programs that you are compiling by hand, especially ones that use the
standard GNU(?) Configure scripts, it's a safe bet to delete the source if
something went wrong with the configure.  You can also SOMETIMES do a make
clean and a rm config.cache but it depends on how well the Author wrote
their clean section of the Makefile.

Regards,
KAM

> 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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