[Mimedefang] socket file is 'unsafe'. How to fix?

Stephen Loeckle stephen at lucidnetworks.net
Thu Apr 29 18:22:03 EDT 2004


I recently had this problem with a new suse install and I figured it
out. Create the defang group first with groupadd defang then do a
useradd -s /bin/false -g defang defang. Delete the /var/spool/MIMEDefang
and /var/spool/MD-Quarentine directoried. Then reinstall mimdefang and
it should fix that. It worked for me anyway.

Stephen

-----Original Message-----
From: mimedefang-bounces at lists.roaringpenguin.com
[mailto:mimedefang-bounces at lists.roaringpenguin.com] On Behalf Of Henry
Leparskas
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 4:14 PM
To: mimedefang at lists.roaringpenguin.com
Subject: [Mimedefang] socket file is 'unsafe'. How to fix?

MD 2.42 warns me that the socket file is unsafe.
Then is shuts down.

Here is the error, plus the permissions on the files:


Apr 29 16:09:21 phobos sm-mta[9033]: [ID 801593 mail.error]
 i3TK9ALm009033: Milter (mimedefang): local socket name
/var/spool/MIMEDefang/mimedefang.sock unsafe

/var/spool/MIMEDefang
total 6
-rw-r-----   1 defang   other          5 Apr 29 16:09 mimedefang.pid
-rw-r-----   1 defang   other          5 Apr 29 16:09
mimedefang-multiplexor.pid
srw-------   1 defang   other          0 Apr 29 16:09
mimedefang-multiplexor.sock
drwxr-x---   2 defang   other        512 Apr 24 15:01
mdefang-i3OJ15tZ025803

Thanks for any hints you can give me.

Henry


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