[Mimedefang] MIME::Parser: can't open tmpfile: Invalid argument (solved)

[Andrew Pollock]

On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 05:45:14PM +1000, Andrew Pollock wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm rebuilding my primary MX, and I've been trialling MIMEDefang on my
> secondary MX. So I duplicated the bulk of the config from my secondary MX to
> my (yet to be commissioned) new primary MX.
> 
> I get the following:
> 
> mimedefang-multiplexor: Starting slave 0 (pid 3075) (1 running): About to perform scan
> mimedefang-multiplexor: Slave 0 stderr: MIME::Parser: can't open tmpfile: Invalid argument
> mimedefang-multiplexor: Slave 0 died prematurely -- check your filter rules
> mimedefang[1871]: Error from multiplexor: ERR No response from slave
> sm-mta[3062]: i5T7K1sb003062: Milter: data, reject=451 4.7.1 Please try again later
> 

[snip]

Judicious stracing to the rescue. It highlighted the fact that my /tmp
directory had totally bogus owners and permissions, which I fixed, solving
the problem.

regards

Andrew