Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 13:24:31 -0800 (PST) From: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> To: fabry@panam.edu, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: group writable directory error with majordomo Message-ID: <199811162124.NAA24758@pau-amma.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <023001be11a5$798778b0$5531d5c6@earth.coserve.org>
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>From: "Alain G. Fabry" <fabry@panam.edu> >Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 15:10:01 -0600 >I've updated our sendmail to 8.9.1. After this update, majordomo is giving >me an error..... >550 :include:/usr/local/majordomo/lists/panam-alumni...cannot open >/usr/local/majordomo/lists/panam-alumni: Group writable directory >Message delivered to mailing list panam-alumni-outgoing >554 panam-alumni-outgoing... aliasing/forwarding loop broken >With the update to sendmail 8.9.1 there is no more relaying on our server. That may be true, but it's not clear to me that it's relevant. The complaint is the group-writable directory, /usr/local/majordomo/lists/panam-alumni. Try ensurinig that majordomo owns the directory, and take away group-write premissions. (Or change sendmail's configuration so it doesn't complain; see the "confUNSAFE_GROUP_WRITES" define.) >All the subscribers to the list are from outside the domain except for >myself. Nobody, including myself cannot send any more mail to the list. >What could be the problem and how can i solve it? Majordomo does not depend on "relaying" to accomplish its task. Rather, it receives a message addressed to a specific address; in response, it sends a message to a list of addresses. david -- David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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