[Mimedefang] Problem with permissions

John john at jjgb.com
Tue Sep 9 21:09:36 EDT 2008


Is mimedefang really running as defang?  Or did we miss setting it to 
run as defang <G>

At 04:40 PM 9/9/2008, you wrote:
>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]

<snip>


John Jaeger - Billings, Montana

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