Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 13:18:54 -0400 From: Jason Stewart <jstewart@rtl.org> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sendmail aliases problems Message-ID: <5.0.2.1.0.20010719131657.02324598@63.94.12.188> In-Reply-To: <F128A2DreBBsQwY6YHk00000983@hotmail.com>
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This is Completely covered in the Sendmail install documents. The problem is just what it says. It is insecure to have a map in a world writable directory. Jason Stewart At 04:49 PM 7/19/2001 +0000, you wrote: >What does this mean and how can I fix it. Thanks in advance... > >#newaliases >Warning: .cf file is out of date: sendmail 8.11.3 supports version 9, .cf >file is version 8 >WARNING: World writable directory / >WARNING: World writable directory / >hash map "Alias0": unsafe map file /etc/aliases.db: World writable directory >Jul 19 09:28:53 ns1 sendmail[73682]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): hash map >"Alias0": unsafe map file /etc/aliases.db: World writable directory >Jul 19 09:28:53 ns1 sendmail[73682]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): hash map >"Alias0": unsafe map file /etc/aliases.db: World writable directory >WARNING: cannot open alias database /etc/aliases >Cannot create database for alias file /etc/aliases >Jul 19 09:28:53 ns1 sendmail[73682]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): Cannot create >database for alias file /etc/aliases >Jul 19 09:28:53 ns1 sendmail[73682]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): Cannot create >database for alias file /etc/aliases > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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