Re: OT - weird sendmail error msg

2001-09-25 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Dan Boger [25/09/01 09:45 -0400]: > yes, I know it's way off-topic, but I figure people here might know... > what would make sendmail barf on a queue, saying "Deferred: Permission > denied"? Trying to help a friend's site, with about 600 msgs stuck in > the queue, and more gathering there all th

OT - weird sendmail error msg

2001-09-25 Thread Dan Boger
yes, I know it's way off-topic, but I figure people here might know... what would make sendmail barf on a queue, saying "Deferred: Permission denied"? Trying to help a friend's site, with about 600 msgs stuck in the queue, and more gathering there all the time... anyone have any idea? Thanks!

Re: sendmail error

2000-11-30 Thread Kelly Scroggins
You were on the right track Anand. I changed the permissions on the /etc directory per the other reply (from Peter) to my plea for help. And now you see this message is from the problem child (linux box). Thanks, kelly Quoting Anand Buddhdev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 11:1

Re: sendmail error

2000-11-30 Thread Kelly Scroggins
Have you ever just felt really, really stupid? I do now. I could have sworn that I looked at that, but I guess I just overlooked it. Thanks Peter. kelly Quoting Peter Pentchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 11:11:02AM -0600, Kelly Scroggins wrote: [snip] > > /etc/se

Re: sendmail error

2000-11-30 Thread Thomas Roessler
On 2000-11-30 17:24:57 +, Steve Kennedy wrote: > Upgrade to qmail ;) ... or postfix, which looks a bit better when you're looking for a drop-in replacement for sendmail. -- Thomas Roessler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: sendmail error

2000-11-30 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Kelly Scroggins proclaimed on mutt-users that: > I'm having a problem sending mail *>OUT<* of my Linux box. Recieving > mail works very well. > Starting sendmail: WARNING: Group writable directory /etc > WARNING: Group writable directory /etc > WARNING: Group writable directory /etc sounds obv

Re: sendmail error

2000-11-30 Thread Anand Buddhdev
On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 11:11:02AM -0600, Kelly Scroggins wrote: The problem isn't sendmail. It's your /etc directory, as the log shows. Somehow, you've given it group write permission. As root, run the following command, and you should be fine: # chmod 0755 /etc > I'm having a problem sending

Re: sendmail error

2000-11-30 Thread Peter Pentchev
On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 11:11:02AM -0600, Kelly Scroggins wrote: [snip] > > /etc/sendmail.cf: line 90: fileclass: cannot open /etc/sendmail.cw: > Group writable directory > [snip] > > # /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail start > Starting sendmail: WARNING: Group writable directory /etc Can you show us

Re: sendmail error

2000-11-30 Thread Charles Cazabon
Kelly Scroggins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This problem just 'suddenly' appeared a month or two ago. Everything > worked very well for several months. [...] > Starting sendmail: WARNING: Group writable directory /etc > WARNING: Group writable directory /etc > WARNING: Group writable directo

Re: sendmail error

2000-11-30 Thread Claus Assmann
On Thu, Nov 30, 2000, Kelly Scroggins wrote: > The error produced by Mutt is : > > /etc/sendmail.cf: line 90: fileclass: cannot open /etc/sendmail.cw: > Group writable directory It's not mutt, it's sendmail. > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 59 Sep 1 1999 /etc/sendmail.cw It's complaining about th

Re: sendmail error

2000-11-30 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 11:11:02AM -0600, Kelly Scroggins wrote: > I'm having a problem sending mail *>OUT<* of my Linux box. Recieving > mail works very well. > This problem just 'suddenly' appeared a month or two ago. Everything > worked very well for several months. > The Linux box is Red Ha

sendmail error

2000-11-30 Thread Kelly Scroggins
I'm having a problem sending mail *>OUT<* of my Linux box. Recieving mail works very well. This problem just 'suddenly' appeared a month or two ago. Everything worked very well for several months. The Linux box is Red Hat 6.1, stock kernel, and the email client is Mutt 1.0pre3us. The erro