Re: [Sheflug] mandrake7.2

[Barrie Bremner <nospam [at] ecosse.net>]

ross wrote:
> 
> hi all
> 
> well, it's taken me best part of a week to download the files but it's been
> worth the effort......
> 
> mandrake7.2 is fantastic....
> kde2
> (gnome1.2 for the purists)
> alsa
> reiserfs
> kernel2.4
> 
> all works a treat except for sendmail... not a major issue...
> using the config files from the last version the came with mandrake7.1, it
> now refuses to send local mail when started as a normal user!
> it complains about permisions....
> i geuss this is a security feature....
> can anyone tell me how to either run it as root or alow it to create the
> temporary mail files used during the sending of local mail?
> the error is as follows
> 
> Nov  8 18:20:56 localhost sendmail[1286]: eA8IKus01286: SYSERR(ross): Cannot
> create ./dfeA8IKus01286: Permission denied
> Nov  8 18:20:56 localhost sendmail[1286]: eA8IKus01286: SYSERR(ross):
> queueup: cannot create queue temp file ./tfeA8IKus01286, uid=500: Permission
> denied


 Mmmm. I'm sure that sendmail should be started as root (try
/etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail start).

 As an alternative, try QMail from http://cr.yp.to/ - it's a lot easier
than sendmail to get going and is a lot more secure.

 Baz.

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