Help me! Sendmail problem?

Soul's Raider · 08-01-2006, 11:47 PM

I have a problem of sendmail
SYSERR(root): can not chdir(/var/spool/clientmqueue/): Permission denied

stevesk · 08-02-2006, 01:28 AM

chmod -R 755 /var/spool/clientmqueue

Soul's Raider · 08-02-2006, 02:36 AM

Thanks you!

I got a warning in my system log saying "dangerous permissions on /var/spool/clientmqueue" so I looked at it and changed the permissions.

Now, sendmail is broke and no matter what I do to that folder, sendmail keeps giving me the same error:

can not chdir(/var/spool/clientmqueue/): Permission denied

Program mode requires special privileges, e.g., root or TrustedUser.

Heelp me!

stevesk · 08-02-2006, 02:50 AM

Ok, let's try:

chmod -R 775 /var/spool/clientmqueue
chown -R root:mail /var/spool/clientmqueue

vi /etc/group

Make your user in mail group, e.g.:

mail::12:mail,your_user_here

Edit: I just took a look at mine and it can also be:

chmod -R 770 /var/spool/clientmqueue

Maybe it is more secure?

Edit2: You could also make it equal to mine:

chmod -R 770 /var/spool/clientmqueue
chown -R smmsp:smmsp /var/spool/clientmqueue

vi /etc/group

smmsp::25:smmsp,your_user_here

It is up to you!