> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Erik Reuter
... > Are there any files in the /root/ directory with names similar to the > one it tried to access? It is quite strange for even a legitimate Linux > daemon to try to right a file directly into /root/. The file had a > nonsense name, like something that would normally go into /tmp/, or > possibly a log file, but I have never seen a log from a standard daemon > kept in /root/ That was the first thing I checked and no, nothing like that in /root. And nothing like that string in Mailman's logs. (And by the way, Mailman's scripts -- it's written in Python -- do *not* run as root.) > Even if it was chroot'ed, it would be good to know which daemon actually > tried to write to /root/ in that manner. It may have a bug that should > be fixed. The good news is that the new version on the new server rejected that message completely when I sent it there. Nick _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
