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Date:      Tue, 5 Jul 2005 07:32:56 +1200
From:      Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
To:        Gerard Seibert <gerard-seibert@suscom.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: SendMail Error Message
Message-ID:  <20050704193256.GI21173@osiris.chen.org.nz>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.WNT.4.63.0507040855590.2300@Treneq>
References:  <Pine.WNT.4.63.0507040855590.2300@Treneq>

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On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 09:03:08AM -0400, Gerard Seibert wrote:
> For no apparent reason, the following error message is suddenly appearing 
> on my computer monitor.
> 
> # Jul  4 07:48:31 beerstud sm-mta[5876]: j64BIV2C005802: SYSERR(root): 
> hash map "Alias0": unsafe map file /etc/mail/aliases.db: World writable 
> directory
> 
> I checked, and the directory is set at 0755. I never altered it or 
> anything, so why is it suddenly giving me this message? In addition, what 
> do I have to do to correct the situation?

You have to check /etc/mail AND /etc AND /. All the way to the top.

Cheers.
-- 
Jonathan Chen                      |      To do is to be  -- Nietzsche
<jonc@chen.org.nz>                 |      To be is to do  -- Sartre 
                                   |      Scooby do be do -- Scooby



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