> check to produce, but you might want to check the possibility anyway. Try > mode 644, instead of the 777 you say you are using, and see if that helps.
Unfortuntely, it didn't help (test.aliases is now rw_r__r__, which is about what I started out with). > It is also possible that you have your MTA configued to disallow pointing > aliases to files. I believe some MTAs can do that, as a security option. > The details would depend, of course, on which MTA you are using. I'm using sendmail, but had to reconfigure it before I could send any mail from RedHat 8.0. I just got it to work this morning. I was generating a localhost.com destination address because of, apparently, a sendmail bug. > PS -- Your system is sending that garbled > "To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]" header again. Argh!! I'm assuming this is another sendmail configuration issue. I'll be pursuing both problems avidly in the appropriate forum. But to do that, I'd appreciate a little more info about my header. This message goes to you personally and to the list. Does the erroneous To: line appear in both? I must assume it appears in addition to the proper address, for how would the message get arrive at all with the garbage address? Ray, would you send me personally a copy of the entire header. That would be a big help. Haines > At 11:52 AM 1/6/03 -0500, Haines Brown wrote: > >When I use /etc/aliases for single address, it works ok (as I'm now > >doing), but if there is a pointer to a file of addresses, it fails > >because of permisions. > > > >For example, in /etc/aliases, I have a pointer to > > > > test: :include:/home/brownh/aliases/test.aliases > > > >But when I use it (after upgrading to RH 8.0), I get: > > > > ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- > > :include:/home/brownh/aliases/test.aliases > > (expanded from: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > > > > ----- Transcript of session follows ----- > > 550 5.2.4 :include:/home/brownh/aliases/test.aliases... Cannot open > > /home/brownh/aliases/test.aliases: Permission denied > > > >Bothe the aliases directory and the test.aliases file are rwxrwxrwx > >(wide open for test purposes). - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
