On Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 09:12:56AM -0400, Jim Freeze wrote: > Hi: > > I get the following error in my log: > > rabbit kernel log messages: > > bbit sendmail[177]: g67NOTKK000177: SYSERR(root): queueup: cannot create queue >temp file ./tfg67NOTKK000177, uid=25: Permission denied > > My permissions are: > -r-xr-sr-x 1 root smmsp 582428 Jul 7 18:45 sendmail* > drwxrwx--- 2 smmsp smmsp 512 Jul 22 09:04 clientmqueue/ > drwxr-xr-x 2 root daemon 512 Jul 22 09:08 mqueue/ > > I tried changing the owner of mqueue from root to smmsp, but then > I could not receive mail. > > Can someone tell me why I get the permission denied error.
Try this: # chown :smmsp mqueue # chmod g+w mqueue The sendmail binary is setgid, so the group ownership on the mqueue directory is the significant part here. HTH Dan -- Daniel Bye PGP Key: ftp://ftp.slightlystrange.org/pgpkey/dan.asc PGP Key fingerprint: 3D73 AF47 D448 C5CA 88B4 0DCF 849C 1C33 3C48 2CDC _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
