[NTLUG:Discuss] SendMail issue

[asenec@senechalle.net]

What are the permissions on /etc/aliases.db?
What happens when you execute:

	newaliases

Do you encounter any error messages?  If so, what are they?
If not, do you now have an new /etc/aliases.db file?

Annette

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> >From: Kenneth Loafman <ken at lt.com>
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> >Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] SendMail issue
> >Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 09:18:36 -0500
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> >Paul Drew wrote:
> >>sendmail[3032988]: h5AD04tW3239227: SYSERR(root): hash map "Alias0": 
> >>unsafe map file /etc/aliases.db: World writable directory
> >
> >Why is your /etc directory world writable?  Bad security risk.
> 
> It isn't I had already checked this weeks ago, and I don't understand why 
> its saying that. My permissions on /etc are:
> drwxr-xr-x   21 root     sys           12K Jun  9 08:16 etc
> 
> >
> >>sendmail[3032988]: h5AD04tW3239227: SYSERR(root): dbm map "Alias0": unsafe 
> >>map file /etc/aliases: No such file or directory
> >
> >This one seems obvious.  How did you get an aliases.db without an aliases 
> >file?
> 
> I have an /etc/aliases file and It seems intact with all of the entries in 
> it that I think should be.
> 
> >
> >...Ken
> 
> Thanks for your help Ken, I do appreciate it, I guess I can scratch those 
> off the list of things I have looked at now. Your answers are what I was 
> finding in google, and while they sound good, they don't seem to be the 
> problem. Do you think it means something is hosed inside the aliases file? I 
> tried messing around with some things I saw suggested, and they did no good. 
> I inherited this server about 10 months ago, so I am not real clear on its 
> history. It has been in service since 1995. The following line I saw, and 
> tried to fix based on some suggestions I read.
> 
> # Following alias is required by RFC 822
> #       You should change 'root' in the first line below to the 
> administrator
> #       of this machine, and un-comment the following line.
> #postmaster:root
> 
> I tried the following things
> postmaster:(me at myemail)
> root:(me at myemail)
> 
> Neither of these attempts resolved my issue at all. I have gotta be missing 
> some large simple thing, but for the life of me I cannot figure it out. As I 
> said above, I do appreciate any help and comments you guys are nice enough 
> to give me. Have a great day, and take care.
> 
> Paul Drew
> 
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