[Mimedefang] Authentication warnings and "cannot write" error s

[Cormack, Ken]

Paul -

Your response makes the most sense.  I've added defang as a trusted user,
restored group membership back to the way it was for user "defang", double
checked the queue dirs, and reread sendmail.cf with a "killall -1 sendmail".

I'll monitor this and see what happens.

KEN CORMACK, RHCE
Sr. UNIX Systems Analyst,
    Open Systems Group
Sr. Software Analyst,
    TSG Midrange Systems Group
AFFILIATED COMPUTER SERVICES, INC.

"If that that is 'is' is that that is not 'not is', is that that is 'not is'
that that is not 'is'?  It is!" - Ken Cormack

"Sendmail administration is not black magic.  There are legitimate technical
reasons why it requires the sacrificing of a live chicken." - Unknown

-----Original Message-----
From: mimedefang-bounces at lists.roaringpenguin.com
[mailto:mimedefang-bounces at lists.roaringpenguin.com]On Behalf Of Paul
Whittney
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 9:33 AM
To: mimedefang at lists.roaringpenguin.com
Subject: Re: [Mimedefang] Authentication warnings and "cannot write"
errors


I think this is where the sendmail trusted users comes in.
May also depend on the logging options of your sendmail setup 

I've not tested this yet (but I'm getting there)...

In the .mc file for your site add:
FEATURE(`use_ct_file')dnl              # trusted-users
(It may be in as default...)

Should result in the .cf containing:
Ft/etc/mail/trusted-users

Also, there should be lines:
Troot
Tdaemon

Then add the user that mimedefang is running as to /etc/mail/trusted-users
restart sendmail (or killall -HUP sendmail)

Anyone see any issues with this? Is this better than giving mimedefang any
additional privileges?

-Paul Whittney

On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 08:48:19AM -0500, Kevin A. McGrail wrote:
> > Thanks for reminding me that the local submission queue is clientmqueue,
> and
> > not mqueue.
> > It's "native" perms were:
> >
> > drwxrwx---    2 smmsp    smmsp        4096 Oct  3 12:09 clientmqueue
> >
> > I've made "defang" a member of group smmsp.  I'll monitor, to see if
that
> > clears the problem.
> 
> I've never had to do this but I might not have seen the issue.  DFS, any
> input if this should be a necessary step for all installations?
> 
> Regards,
> KAM
> 
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