[Mimedefang] About to give up on mimedefang under Redhat Linux 9

[Lucas Albers]

permissions should be:
drwx------    2 defang   defang         60 Mar  2 20:06
mdefang-i2336Zbh010903
-rw-------    1 defang   defang          6 Mar  2 20:30
mimedefang-multiplexor.pid
srw-------    1 defang   defang          0 Mar  2 20:30
mimedefang-multiplexor.sock
-rw-------    1 defang   defang          6 Mar  2 20:30 mimedefang.pid
srwx------    1 defang   defang          0 Mar  2 20:30 mimedefang.sock


Steve Pfister said:
> I'd really like to get mimedefang working under Redhat Linux 9, but I'm
> about ready to give up. I've tried installing a couple of times, but every
> time I run it, I get
>
> Mar  4 18:30:31 colima mimedefang-multiplexor: Reap: Idle slave  (pid
> 21943) exited normally with status 2 (SLAVE DIED UNEXPECTEDLY)
>
> every three seconds. The only other error is about
> /var/spool/MIMEDefang/mimedefang.sock being unsafe. The directory
> permissions are:
>
> drwxr-xr-x   21 root     root         4096 Mar  1 17:20 /
> drwxr-xr-x   20 root     root         4096 Jan 28 22:05 /var
> drwxr-xr-x   16 root     root         4096 Feb  9 03:23 /var/spool
> drwx------    2 defang   defang       4096 Mar  4 18:30
> /var/spool/MIMEDefang
>
> I've been searching for days, but no luck. I have managed to get it
> installed on a Solaris 7 system previously, with no trouble at all.
>
> I know this is probably a FAQ, but I'm getting desparate...
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Steve
>
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Montana State University-Bozeman,Montana