Hello,

[root@itsupport ~]# service sendmail restart
Shutting down sm-client: [FAILED]
Shutting down sendmail: [FAILED]
Starting sendmail: 451 4.0.0 /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 91: fileclass: cannot open '/etc/mail/local-host-names': Group writable directory
451 4.0.0 /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 588: fileclass: cannot open '/etc/mail/trusted-users': Group writable directory
[FAILED]
Starting sm-client: /etc/mail/submit.cf: line 544: fileclass: cannot open '/etc/mail/trusted-users': Group writable directory

Iam getting this error while iam starting the sendmail service & also i have checked and changed the permission for the file /etc/mail/trusted-users,/etc/mail/sendmail.cf not working can any one give solution for this.

Thank you,
Ram kannan.

Hi,

Make sure that /etc and /etc/mail directories are not group/world writable and the same goes for files under /etc/mail
If you don't want to change permissions you can have a look at the DontBlameSendmail option.

Regards

l checked but still iam getting the same above error

Hi,

Could you post the output of:

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I think you should upgrade to Postfix mail server is possible.

Cheers,
Jenish

@Jenish_UK, Postfix would be another option with its own advantages and disadvantages, however, it is not what the OP is asking about. The situation described suggests that there is a permissions problem that is preventing Sendmail from working. Learning from this experience, i.e. finding the problem and the resolution will be instructive to the OP in ways that go beyond the immediate problem.

Ramecare, please follow Bathory's advice and examine the output of those commands. If you do not see the problem as a result, please post the output.

[root@itsupport ~]# ls -ld /
drwxrwxr-x+ 29 root root 4096 Mar 11 09:24 /
[root@itsupport ~]# ls -ld /etc
drwxr-xr-x 110 root root 12288 Mar 11 09:25 /etc
[root@itsupport ~]# ls -ld /etc/mail
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 9 19:45 /etc/mail
[root@itsupport ~]# ls -l /etc/mail
total 264
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 355 Mar 15 2007 access
-rw-r----- 1 root root 12288 Mar 9 18:37 access.db
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 354 Mar 9 18:36 access.rpmsave
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 15 2007 domaintable
-rw-r----- 1 root root 12288 Mar 9 18:37 domaintable.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5521 Mar 15 2007 helpfile
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 64 Mar 15 2007 local-host-names
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 64 Mar 9 18:36 local-host-names.rpmsave
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 15 2007 mailertable
-rw-r----- 1 root root 12288 Mar 9 18:37 mailertable.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1048 Mar 15 2007 Makefile
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Mar 9 18:35 relay-domains
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 58194 Mar 9 18:37 sendmail.cf
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 58160 Mar 9 18:30 sendmail.cf.rpmsave
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7209 Mar 15 2007 sendmail.mc
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7215 Mar 9 18:08 sendmail.mc.rpmsave
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 41275 Mar 15 2007 submit.cf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 940 Mar 15 2007 submit.mc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 127 Mar 15 2007 trusted-users
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 15 2007 virtusertable
-rw-r----- 1 root root 12288 Mar 9 18:37 virtusertable.db
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Mar 9 18:35 virtusertable.rpmsave
[root@itsupport ~]#

So it's / that has wrong permissions. Run:
to fix it.

Cheers

Problem solved,Thank u very much for helping me.