[Mimedefang] Problem with permissions

[asbaeza at catsanet.com.mx]

MIMEDefang directory must have 755 perms

Regards

> Guys
> I have set up many sendmail/mimedefang systems without any hassles, but
> this time I've
> hit a snag that is defeating me.
> When I try to start sendmail it reports:
>
> Starting sendmail: 451 4.0.0 /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 1804:
> Xmimedefang: local socket
> name /var/spool/MIMEDefang/mimedefang.sock unsafe: Permission denied
>                                                            [FAILED]
>
> Permissions looks OK to me:
>
> drwxr-xr-x  24 root root  4096 2008-08-27 07:02 var
>
> drwxr-xr-x 17 root root  4096 2008-09-09 13:48 spool
>
> drwx------  2 defang defang  140 2008-09-10 07:50 MIMEDefang
>
> sendmail.mc contains:
>
> INPUT_MAIL_FILTER(`mimedefang',
> `S=unix:/var/spool/MIMEDefang/mimedefang.sock, F=T,
> T=S:6m;R:6m;E:15m')dnl
>
> Can anyone give me a hint as to what is wrong? I bet it's something very
> simple that
> I've forgotten.
>
> Cheers
> Bill
>
> PS permissions on mimedefang.sock are:
>
> srwxr-x---  1 defang defang    0 2008-09-10 07:50 mimedefang.sock
>
> and /var/spool/MIMEDefang is mounted by:
>
> /bin/mount -t tmpfs -o size=512m,mode=0700,uid=defang,gid=defang /dev/shm
> /var/spool/MIMEDefang
>
> --
> Bill Maidment
> Maidment Enterprises Pty Ltd
> www.maidment.vu
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> Phone: 02 9904 3364
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