Luis Sequeira wrote: > Yes, I understand that. But it seems that Apple has made that > intentionally hard to do. I tweaked the configuration files but end > up with an error every time I try to run sendmail: > /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 99: fileclass: cannot open > '/etc/mail/local-host-names': Group writable directory > > > (line 99 is where I am setting the aliases file) > > The message "Group writable directory" seems nonsense to me. How can > a program not open a file because of such a thing (which is not even > true). Is this meant to sell more copies of OS X Server by > deliberately disabling a common feature of Unix?! > > sorry for the rant, but this has been a very bad day...
Ahem. Sendmail has driven more sysadmins to drink than any other part of unix. Sendmail is hard, and it will blow up spectacularly if you screw it up. A co-worker, one memorable day, mailbombed his server into oblivion that way. First off unless you're logged on as root, don't even *think* of mucking about with sendmail, it won't work. sudo doesn't cut it here. You wanna do sendmail? Go get the Bat. <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/sendmail2/> A true Unix sysadmin always has the Camel, the Bat and the Grasshopper close at hand. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
